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AL aspirants collect nomination forms for 2nd day

The ruling Awami League is selling the nomination forms for the reserved seats for women to its aspirants for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The sale started at 10am. The aspirants can collect and submitted the forms till 4pm on Thursday (February 8).

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10 more parliamentary standing committees formed

Ten more parliamentary standing committees were formed on Tuesday which are headed by ruling Awami League MPs. With this, 38 out of 50 parliamentary committees have been constituted so far. AHM Mustafa Kamal was the finance minister of the Awami League government in the last term. He was made the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on Finance Ministry. Immediate ...

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CEC meets President, thanks for cooperation in conducting polls

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Tuesday met with President Mohammed Shahabuddin. President’s press secretary Joynal Abedin briefed reporters after the meeting. During the meeting at Bangabhaban, the CEC briefed the president about the overall activities of the commission, especially the various aspects of the 12th national parliamentary election. He thanked the president for his overall cooperation in ...

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264 Myanmar BGP, army men enter Bangladesh so far

Some 264 members of Myanmar border and security forces have taken shelter to Bangladesh so far due to the ongoing fighting between the Myanmar army and the insurgent group inside their country. The newly appointed BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui on Tuesday said 114 came in the morning and by the afternoon 35 members fled to Bangladesh. ...

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Research centers to be set up at 10 public varsities

The government is going to set up state-of-the-art Research and Innovation Centers (RICs) in ten universities to empower the brightest minds to solve critical national problems through research and innovations with a distinct focus on market-oriented products. This university-based RICs will serve as a dynamic hub fostering collaborative research and innovation that would connect academia, industry and government to effectively ...

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Voting in reserved seats for women on March 14

Voting in the reserved seats for women of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad will be held on March 14 next, said the Election Commission (EC) secretary Jahangir Alam. He stated it following the 27th meeting of the commission held at Nirbachan Bhaban at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday (February 6). The EC secretary said the candidates would submit their ...

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AL starts sale of nomination forms for reserved seats

The ruling Awami League (AL) has stared the sale of forms for reserved seats for women in the parliament. It will be continued till Thursday (February 8). According to a media release, the aspirants will be able to collect and submit the forms between 10 am and 4 pm every day during this period. Forms for all divisions will have ...

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114 more Myanmar border guards fled to Bangladesh

One hundred and fourteen more members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) and army personnel took shelter in Bangladesh on Tuesday morning amid ongoing conflict in their country. With the new members, the number of Myanmar force, who have taken refuge in Bangladesh, rose to 229. Shariful Islam, public relations officer of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), said they have been ...

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4 killed being hit by BRTC bus in Dinajpur

At least four people were killed when a BRTC bus ran over an auto van in Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar upazila on Tuesday morning. The accident happened around 7:30 am in Ranirbandar area under the upazila. The deceased were van driver Nazrul Islam Naju, 45, a resident o Plan Bazar area under Khansama Upazila in Dinajpur, Abdul Majid, 50, of Plan Bazar ...

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PM Sheikh Hasina for taking action against extortionists to keep commodity prices stable

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed Secretaries to take stern action against extortionists to keep the price of essential commodities under control in the upcoming Holy Ramadan. The premier made the instruction after the meeting with Secretaries at the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday as well as sought cooperation from them in implementing the election manifesto of the Awami League ...

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