Bangladesh

In a significant development for Bangladesh’s aviation sector, the country and Japan on Sunday signed the exchange of notes of the 44th Official Development Assistance (ODA) yen loan. This crucial funding, amounting to 76,635 million yen (approximately USD 540 million), is earmarked for the expansion of Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The installment will be used for constructing Hazrat ...

The Election Commission (EC) will suspend voting at any polling centre immediately if it receives a single allegation of electoral scam or rigging during the 12th parliamentary election on January 7, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Hahibul Awal. “The Election Commission will immediately suspend voting at any polling centre if it get any single allegation of electoral scam,” said ...

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Saturday revealed that more than Tk 92,261 crore has been siphoned off from the country’s banking sector through various scams over the past 15 years from 2008 to 2023. The independent think-tank disclosed the information at a media briefing titled ‘Economy of Bangladesh 2023-24: Ongoing Crisis and Actions’ at its Dhanmondi office in ...

A bus of Somoy Paribahan has been set on fire in Gulistan area of the capital. The incident happened around 9:15 pm on Saturday near toll plaza of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover. On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and doused the blaze, said Fire Service and Civil Defence duty officer Rashed Bin Khalid. However, no causalities were ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader has claimed that neither his party is in the grand alliance, nor they had shared seats with the ruling Awami League. Many people think about them wrongly, but he called upon the countrymen not to believe anything wrong about them. He also said JaPa would win in many constituencies if the election is free, ...

Bangladesh Workers Party has announced its election manifesto for the 12th parliamentary election slated for January 7 next year. The party highlighted its all the socio-economic aspects in 144 subsections in the 28-point election manifesto. Politburo leader of Workers Party Noor Ahmad Bakul read out the party’s election manifesto at a press briefing at Akram Khan Hall of the National ...

The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during the party’s mass campaign for the third consecutive day distributed leaflets among the people encouraging them to boycott the one-sided dummy parliamentary election slated for January 7. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi distributed leaflets in Rampura and Shahjahanpur areas of the capital on Saturday. The BNP ...

Terming BNP as a “terrorist” party, Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is not a political party. She made the remarks while speaking virtually at the public meetings held at Kushtia, Jhenidah, Satkhira, Netrakona, Rangamati and Bamna and Patharghata upazilas in Barguna district on Saturday (December 23) afternoon. Sheikh Hasina took part in the public  ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday stated that polling will be suspended if there is an any attempt of vote rigging. “Follow the electoral code strictly and come out from the belief that irregularities must be done in the voting field. If there is an allegation of vote rigging in any polling booth, the Election Commission will ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader started his election campaign in his constituency Noakhali-5 on Friday. The Awami League-nominated candidate started his election campaign after offering ziarat to the graves of his parents at Miah Bari family graveyard in Bara Rajapur village under Basurhat Municipality of Companiganj upazila. His younger brother Abdul Quader Mirza, mayor of Basurhat Municipality and ...