Bangladesh

The High Court set Thursday (December 7) for hearing on a bail appeal of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed over an attack on the Chief Justice’s residence. Today was fixed for hearing on the bail appeal. But a two-member HC bench of Justice Md Salim and Justice Shahed Nuruddin set the new date. Fakhrul’s ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday handed over the ‘Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award’ to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud handed over the Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban this morning,” Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsansul Karim told BSS. Earlier, ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday filed a bail petition to the High Court in a case filed over an attack on the chief justice’s residence. The petition was filed to a High Court bench led by Justice Md Salim, said one of Mirza Fakhrul’s lawyers Advocate Gazi Kamrul Islam Sajal. Earlier on November 22, Dhaka Metropolitan ...

Nomination paper of Bogura-4 seat candidate Ashraful Hossain Alom, also know as Hero Alom, has been cancelled for not completed the papers properly. After scrutiny, Bogura District Returning Officer Saiful Islam cancelled his candidature on Sunday (December 3). Returning officer Saiful Islam said,”Hero Alam claimed himself as independent candidate in the nomination paper, though he will contest in the Jatiya ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday underlined the importance of building the country’s manpower as efficient and smart to keep pace with the rapid expansion and development of ICT. “It is the prime responsibility of a government to take necessary steps to meet the hopes and aspirations of the people and nation,” he said, reports UNB. He was addressing the graduation ...

Nomination paper of Awami League candidate in Cox’s Bazar-1 seat Salauddin Ahmed has been cancelled for loan default. Meanwhile, District Returning Officer Mohammad Shahin Imran declared Kalyan Party chairman Maj Gen (retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim’s nomination paper valid. A total of 13 candidates submitted their nomination papers to contest the coming Jatiya Sangsad election from Cox’s Bazar-1 (Chokoria-Pekua) seat. After ...

Nomination paper of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh joint secretary general and candidate in Munshiganj-1 seat Mahi B Chowdhury has been cancelled on an allegation of bank loan defaulter. Returning officer Md Abu Jafar Ripon announced the decision on Sunday (December 3) after scrutiny. He said Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury’s nomination paper is cancelled due to default of loans. The returning officer has been ...

An upazila engineer was killed and three others were injured when the car of Panchagarh’s Tentulia upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) lost control and fell into a ditch early Sunday. The accident took place at Chekarmari under Satmera union of Panchagarh Sadar Upazila. Deceased Abu Sayeed was an engineer of Pirganj Upazila in Thakurgaon district. The injured are – Tentulia upazila ...

The Election Commission (EC) in a directive on Saturday said that there is no scope of carry out election campaign for anyone to be candidate before December 18. “The campaigning period for the candidates has been fixed from December 18 this year to 8:00 am on January 5, 2024,” said an EC press release, reports BSS. Some of the dignitaries ...

The BNP and like-minded opposition parties’ next round of 48-hour blockade from Sunday morning. The blockade will encompass road-rail-waterways across the country. The blockade will begin at 6:00am on Sunday and end at 6:00am on Tuesday. It will be the 10th round of the blockade programme of the opposition parties since October 31. Speaking at a virtual press briefing on ...