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Every vote will add to BD’s development, says Hasina

-- 2018-12-13 17:46:01

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to cast vote for her party to ensure a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh. "Every vote is valuable and your one will hel...

Project for the extreme poor  

-- 2018-12-12 22:07:15

The performance of a three-year project called Jibika initiated jointly by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and Chevron, a US oil company, and implemented by BRAC and a Sylhet-based N...

Dr Kamal starts Oikyafront’s election campaign in Sylhet

-- 2018-12-12 21:03:59

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, formally flagged off its election campaign in Sylhet on Wednesday through offering fateha at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R). Dr Kamal together with Jat...

LDA promises to change PM-centric system

-- 2018-12-12 19:03:53

The overhauling of the existing system and ensuring freedom of speech and "functional democracy" are the promises made by Left Democratic Alliance's (LDA) manifesto unveiled on Wednesday. Its convene...

Hasina kicks off AL’s election campaign

-- 2018-12-12 18:59:34

Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday launched her party's election campaign through seeking vote for 'Boat' in the upcoming national election. "Hope, you'll give...

EIU predicts election win for Awami League

-- 2018-12-12 17:10:38

The Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU, expects the ruling Awami League will return to power in the Dec 30 parliamentary election. In the latest country briefing note, the EIU, the research and anal...

PM reaches Tungipara to begin election campaign

-- 2018-12-12 14:26:46

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Tungipara in Gopalganj on Wednesday to kick off her party's election campaign. She started her journey by road around 8:22 am from her...

BNP leaders Tuku, Dulu lose court battle for election

-- 2018-12-12 14:18:50

An Appellate Division order has ruined the prospects of BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu. The chamber judge of the Supreme Court had earlier halted a High Court deci...

DB detains BNP leader Dulu

-- 2018-12-12 12:16:37

Detectives detained BNP leader Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu from his residence in the city's Gulshan area on Wednesday. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained him in the morning, said Masud...

CJ sends Khaleda file back to High Court panel

-- 2018-12-12 12:09:10

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain sent Khaleda Zia’s election case back to a High Court panel for further clarification after two judges on Tuesday issued a split verdict on her nominations. Th...

Hasina on way to Gopalganj for election campaign

-- 2018-12-12 10:39:59

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for Gopalganj on Wednesday to kick off her party's election campaign. She started the journey by road around at 8:22am from her...

Of public display of loan defaulters' lists

-- 2018-12-11 22:02:21

The news that the state-owned banks (SoBs) have not carried out a finance ministry directive on publication of the names of their respective top ten loan defaulters does raise questions about their lo...

BNP, its alliance gear up electioneering in city

-- 2018-12-11 18:12:13

The candidates of BNP and its alliance partners for the 11th parliamentary elections launched their election campaign in the capital on Tuesday. BNP candidate for Dhaka-8 constituency Mirza Abbas alo...

Festivity in the air ahead of PM's election rally in Kotalipara

-- 2018-12-11 16:54:21

Awami League leaders and activists in Kotalipara, an upazila of their party chief Sheikh Hasina's constituency in Gopalganj, have expressed enthusiasm over a planned rally to be held on Wednesday. Th...

Vote for ‘Boat’, Quader urges youth

-- 2018-12-11 16:36:58

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged young voters to cast their votes in favour of Awami League in the upcoming parliamentary ele...

Attack on Fakhrul’s motorcade during election campaign

-- 2018-12-11 13:59:18

A group of men has attacked BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s motorcade in Thakurgaon, his party colleague has alleged. The attack was carried out during an election rally in...

SC upholds HC order on BNP’s Ali Azgar candidacy

-- 2018-12-11 12:57:35

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order cancelling BNP candidate Ali Azgar’s candidature for Mymensingh-1 constituency in the upcoming 11th parliamentary election....

Ershad off to Singapore for health checkup

-- 2018-12-11 09:44:38

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has left Dhaka for Singapore for a medical checkup. Ershad along with party presidium member Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu and his APS Manjurul Islam left Hazrat Shahjalal Inte...

Savar tannery estate still limping  

-- 2018-12-10 21:55:57

Two major developments with regard to the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate have taken place lately. Both of these reflect the Prime Minister's eagerness to see a fully functional tannery complex and he...

Fakhrul trashes AL allegation of ISI link with BNP

-- 2018-12-10 17:59:09

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday trashed the ruling party's allegation involving their party’s link with Pakistan High Commission and ISI, saying it is a false propaga...

Ershad to fly for Singapore Monday night

-- 2018-12-10 17:03:07

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will fly for Singapore Monday night for medical check-up. The former president is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Singapore in a flight around 10:45pm from Hazrat Shahjal...

BNP's Dulu, Tuku get HC clearance for polls

-- 2018-12-10 15:05:50

The High Court has halted the Election Commission’s decision to reject the nominations of BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu, clearing the way for them to compete...

Hasina begins election campaign Wednesday

-- 2018-12-10 14:57:41

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will begin the election campaign from Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Wednesday. She will formally inaugurate the campaign after p...

Jatiya Party to field around 150 candidates outside alliance

-- 2018-12-10 10:58:55

Over 150 candidates of the Jatiya Party are contesting in the election, 29 of them it claims under the Awami League-led Grand Alliance. In the other seats, the Jatiya Party candidates will compete se...

City's waste disposal  

-- 2018-12-09 22:19:24

Waste disposal is a major problem for any big city, it is only more so for a megalopolis like Dhaka. The city's largely unplanned growth has compounded the problem and posed additional challenge to th...

26 candidates from allied parties get paddy sheaf

-- 2018-12-09 18:53:03

The BNP has granted the paddy sheaf candidacy to 26 members of the Gono Forum, LDP, JSD, Krishak Sramik Janata League, BJP, Khelafat Majlis, the Kalyan Party and the Jamiat Ulam E Islam Bangladesh. T...

Rivalry over LPG marketing  

-- 2018-12-08 22:08:01

It is a fight between the suppliers and the bottlers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) over 'compliance' issues. But the consumers, as happens in most cases, are the ultimate sufferers with the governm...

Hawlader becomes special assistant of Ershad

-- 2018-12-08 21:09:19

Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad has appointed his party's presidium member Ruhul Amin Hawlader as his special assistant giving him the second position in the party. The new development...

Supporters of BNP's deprived nomination seekers attack Khaleda’s office

-- 2018-12-08 19:26:13

Supporters of some deprived nomination seekers attacked party chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office on Saturday evening and staged demonstration there. Source said, several hundred supporters BNP...

Khaleda disqualified for election as EC rejects appeals

-- 2018-12-08 18:28:24

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now unable to participate in the 11th parliamentary election as the Election Commission have declared her all three nomination papers invalid. The five-member Election...