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Mashiur Rahaman Ranga’s nomination cancelled

The nomination papers of former Jatiya Party (JaPa) leader Mashiur Rahman Ranga, an independent candidate for Rangpur-1 constituency in the 12th parliamentary election, has been cancelled. Mobaswer Hasan, the returning officer, announced the Election Commission’s decision in a press conference on Saturday, saying Mashiur Rahman has some case-related problem. He has been asked to submit the case-related papers by 4pm. ...

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Bangladesh elected to IMO’s elite 40-member council

Bangladesh has won the 175-member International Maritime Organization (IMO) council election 2023 held in London at the IMO headquarters in category C, securing 128 votes. This is for the first time Bangladesh has won the election in the highly competitive category C of the IMO, reports UNB. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK and Permanent Representative to the IMO, Saida ...

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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts country

A moderate earthquake jolted the whole country on Saturday morning. The earthquake, measuring 5.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was felt at 9.36am which lasted for a few seconds, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department. According to the USGS, the quake had a depth of 10 kilometres with the epicentre about 8 kilometres east-northeast of Ramganj in Cumilla. However, according to United States Geological ...

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Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award conferred to PM Sheikh Hasina

Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award was conferred to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, acknowledging her voice of leadership in championing the climate actions and a lead global advocate for vulnerable communities. The Global Centre for Climate Mobility, supported by IOM and the UN system conferred the Award during a high-level panel on the sidelines of the COP28 in Dubai on ...

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EC asks to transfer OCs of all police stations

Election Commission (EC) asked the Home Ministry to transfer officers-in-charge (OCs) of all police stations ahead of the upcoming 12th national elections scheduled on January 7, 2024. Md Mizanur Rahman, deputy secretary of the commission, sent a letter to the secretary of the public security division on Thursday to transfer all OCs, an EC source confirmed the matter on Friday. ...

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EC now asks to transfer all UNOs

Election Commission has now asked the Ministry of Public Administration to transfer all upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) in phases after it asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to transfer officers-in-charge (OCs) of all police stations on Friday. The EC sent a letter to the senior secretary to the ministry in this regard. The commission asked to transfer all UNOs in ...

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Election train starts running, it won’t stop at anyone’s dictation: Quader

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the election train has started running, and it will continue to run until it reaches its destination. None will be able to stop this train whatever obstacles come. Election will happen. He made the remarks during a press briefing held at the Awami League President’s political office at Dhanmondi in the capital ...

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Train service on Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route begins

The commercial train service on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route started on Friday afternoon. The Cox’s Bazar Express with 1,010 passengers left the newly constructed station in Cox’s Bazar for Dhaka at 12:30pm and it will reach the capital via Chattogram at 9:10pm, said Chattogram Divisional Railway Manager Md Saiful Islam. Bangladesh Railway officials said another train will leave Dhaka at ...

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Quader urges AL candidates to abide by electoral code of conduct

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday urged the party candidates and activists to abide by the electoral code of conduct. He came up with the call while speaking at a press briefing held at Awami League’s (ALs) Dhanmondi party office, reports UNB. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said the 12th general election will be a ...

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BNM announces candidates for 82 constituencies

Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) on Thursday announced the names of 82 candidates for the upcoming 12th national parliamentary election slated for January 7 next year. The list of candidates was published through a press release signed by BNM Secretary General Dr Md Shahjahan on Thursday. The release said the party selected 82 candidates out of the 478 from different constituencies ...

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