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Mirza Fakhrul casts ballot in Thakurgaon

-- 2018-12-30 09:08:42

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has cast his vote at the Thakurgaon Government Girls' School as voting in the 11th parliamentary elections began on Sunday morning . As per a news ag...

Sheikh Hasina casts vote

-- 2018-12-30 08:27:11

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cast her vote at the Dhaka City College centre on Sunday morning. Sheikh Hasina cast her vote at 8:00am, according to a UNB report. Voting...

Elections amidst expectations, worries

-- 2018-12-29 22:09:24

Amidst great expectations and lots of worries, the nation goes to the 11th parliamentary election today (Sunday). More than 100 million voters, nearly half of whom are women, are expected to exercise...

Quader says BNP frustrated sensing defeat

-- 2018-12-29 19:46:23

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP leaders have become frustrated sensing sure defeat in the 11th parliamentary election to be h...

Dr Kamal urges people to cast vote in the morning

-- 2018-12-29 17:35:10

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has urged people to cast their votes across the country on Sunday morning. "I urge the respected voters, please go to polling stations in the morning and cast...

Perpetrators torch AL office in Bagerhat

-- 2018-12-29 14:01:40

Perpetrators torched an office of Awami League in Sorui area of Bagerhat district town in the early hours of Saturday. Shahadat Hossain, additional superintendent of Bagerhat Sadar circle police, sai...

Reinforcing national grid by solar energy  

-- 2018-12-28 21:57:37

The Cabinet's approval last week for setting up six solar and wind power plants capable of generating 257 megawatts (MW) of electricity highlights the  recognition accorded to the importance of a...

Violence marks closing day of electioneering in Khulna, Cumilla

-- 2018-12-28 11:47:04

Attacks, torture and vandalism marked the closing day of electioneering in Khulna and Cumilla districts on Wednesday. In Khulna, the house of BNP candidate of Khulna-3 constituency was attacked and v...

There is more to JSC, PECE results

-- 2018-12-27 22:07:58

The just published results of both the Junior School Certificate (JSC) including its equivalent examinations and the Primary Education Completion Examinations (PECE) together with its equivalent exams...

Hasina says BNP senses defeat in election

-- 2018-12-27 18:59:32

Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said opposition BNP appeared to have sensed their defeat in the December 30 elections which could led them to sabotage the polls. &...

12,588 opposition activists injured in attacks in 22 days: Rizvi

-- 2018-12-27 18:21:38

BNP on Thursday claimed that 12,588 opposition leaders and activists were injured in around 2,716 incidents of attack across the country during electioneering in last 22 days. Besides, eight leaders...

Meherpur BNP leader’s house comes under bomb attack

-- 2018-12-27 12:09:01

Some unidentified miscreants hurled two crude bombs at the house of Asaduzzaman Bablu, general secretary of Gangni upazila unit BNP at Cougaccha in Meherpur on Wednesday night. Tozbira Zaman, wife of...

Removing anomalies in new RMG wage structure  

-- 2018-12-26 22:06:20

A sense of urgency pervades the relevant government agencies to address labour unrest  over   the  new wage structure for  the garments  sector. The prelude to the nation...

Quader says Dr Kamal should quit, not CEC

-- 2018-12-26 20:23:49

Claiming that the Jatiya Oikyafront chief has failed to demonstrate his leadership, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said Dr Kamal Hossain should quit taking the responsibili...

Bomb-making materials seized from car of BNP candidate’s brother

-- 2018-12-26 17:48:16

Police say they have seized a large quantity of materials used to make petrol bombs and other makeshift weapons from a vehicle belonging to the brother of Ishaq Quader Chowdhury, the ‘paddy shea...

Oikyafront will not boycott election: Dr Kamal

-- 2018-12-26 16:28:20

Expressing doubt about fair polls, Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has said they will not boycott upcoming parliamentary election under any circumstances. The Gono Forum president also annou...

Nasrul pays visit to injured Gayeshwar

-- 2018-12-26 14:27:42

Awami League candidate for Dhaka-3 constituency Nasrul Hamid Bipu has visited his opponent BNP candidate Gayeshwar Chandra Roy who sustained injuries in an attack during electioneering on Tuesday in K...

Oikya Front calls for CEC's immediate resignation

-- 2018-12-26 10:35:23

The Jatiya Oikya Front late on Tuesday demanded immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda and urged the President to replace him with a neutral person. "This shameless, incom...

Flawed economies of bumper vegetable yield

-- 2018-12-25 21:48:09

In spite of the animated ambience prevailing among both the country's winter vegetable farmers and consumers, a grey zone peeps through the scene. It comes in the form of negligible profit, in worse c...

Gayeshwar injured in attack during electioneering

-- 2018-12-25 19:49:32

At least 15 BNP leaders and activists, including Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, were injured in an attack by masked men during electioneering at Chunkutia of South Keraniganj in the city on Tuesday. Local BN...

AL always comes to power in democratic way: Quader

-- 2018-12-25 18:47:01

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the AL has come to power every time in democratic way by attaining the people’s mandate in elections as the party does politics for...

BNP expresses frustration over ‘growing’ election violence

-- 2018-12-25 17:08:17

BNP on Tuesday voiced frustration over the 'growing' incidents of violence across the country, even after the army deployment. Speaking at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office,...

Sunamganj AL leader sues 85 over arson attack

-- 2018-12-25 13:18:10

A case has been filed against 85 people after an arson attack on an election campaign office of grand alliance candidate for Sunamganj-1 constituency in Jamalganj upazila. Local Awami League leader M...

Miscreants torch AL election campaign office in Satkhira

-- 2018-12-25 12:22:43

Some unidentified miscreants on Monday night vandalised and torched an election campaign office of Awami League (AL) in Satkhira’s Patkelghata upazila. The perpetrators hurled crude bombs first...

Direct hiring of migrant workers  

-- 2018-12-24 22:17:11

Unsurprisingly, Kuala Lumpur  takes  the    lead  in  weeding  out    middlemen or agents  from its  pre-existing  migrant &n...

People now united to ensure voting rights: Dr Kamal

-- 2018-12-24 21:14:52

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Monday said the countrymen are now united to ensure their voting rights. Dr Kamal, also the Gono Forum chief, made the remarks while addressing a programme...

Army does not work for any particular party: Quader

-- 2018-12-24 21:11:16

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said Bangladesh Army does not work for any particular political party. "Army has taken positions in districts to discharge their duties for the...

JP hopes to win Rangpur-2 seat

-- 2018-12-24 18:25:14

The Jatiya Party (JP) has considered the Rangpur-2 parliamentary constituency as its stronghold since the rule of HM Ershad. During the fifth and the seventh parliamentary elections, Ershad was the M...

Oikyafront rally at Suhrawardy on Dec 27 uncertain

FE Report 2018-12-24 10:11:47

The grand rally of the Jatiya Oikyafront at Suhrawardy Udyan due for December 27 hangs in the balance uncertain as it has not got police permission. A senior leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (B...

Ershad to return Wednesday: Chisti

UNB 2018-12-23 22:20:39

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will return home from Singapore on Wednesday, just three days before the national election. "Our chairman was scheduled to return home tomorrow (Monday), but it was re...