Bangladesh

Jatiya Party (JaPa) candidate for Chuadanga-1 constituency, Advocate Sohrab Hossain, has withdrawn his candidacy from the 12th parliamentary election race, alleging lack of cooperation from his party and coordination. He is the president of Chuadanga district unit of Jatiya Party, reports UNB. Expressing frustration, the Jatiya Party leader said, “You know how this year’s voting is going to be held. ...

Public transport, private vehicles and rickshaws will ply on the election day on January 7 to ensure voters’ turnout. However, the movement of motorcycles, microbuses and steamers will be stopped. A notice in this regard will be issued soon. Mostafizur Rahman, senior secretary of the Public Security Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, said these at a programme on ...

Awami League aspirant in Barishal-4 constituency Shammi Ahmed and independent candidate Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah of the Barisal-5 constituency failed to contest in the coming national election, according to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the decision on Awami League candidate for Faridpur-3 constituency Shamim Haque over his dual citizenship will be taken after one week. ...

Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the people to give a befitting reply to BNP and Jamaat’s arson violence by casting their votes in the January 7 national election. “Don’t only cast your vote, but also protect your vote. Give a befitting reply to arson violence of BNP and Jamaat,” she said. The AL chief said this ...

Nobel peace laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus on Monday stressed that he has been punished for a crime he didn’t commit. “I have been punished for a crime that I haven’t committed,” Yunus told reporters after he was convicted in a case over violation of labor law. “If you want to call it justice, you can,” UNB reports. Earlier this afternoon, ...

The Dhaka court that sentenced Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and three top officials of Grameen Telecom to six months’ jail in a case over violation of labor law has granted them conditional bail. Dhaka 3rd Labor Court Judge Sheikh Merina Sultana pronounced the judgment. Dr Yunus’ lawyer Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun said the court granted bail to all for ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP should been said a farewell for forever by showing red card in the January 7 elections. “BNP is a party of anti-liberation forces, looters, corrupt and conspirators. They should be forced out by showing red card. Their place will not be on the soil of Bengal. The room of ...

The Election Commission (EC) will brief the nation on January 6 about the overall preparations for the upcoming 12th parliamentary election. EC Secretary Md Jahangir Alam told this at a press conference held at the media centre of the election building in the capital on Monday He said the ‘meet the press’ will be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference ...

Free textbooks are being distributed among students up to the secondary level across the country including Dhaka for the academic year 2024. On the first day of the year, students were elated by the smell of new books. The guardians also join the book festival with great enthusiasm and fanfare. The book festival is being held centrally on Monday (January 1) ...

A labour court concerned is scheduled to pronounce its judgment on Monday in a case filed against Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others on charges of violating labour law. Judge Sheikh Merina Sultana of Dhaka’s 3rd Labour Court on December 24 fixed January 1 for pronouncing the verdict, reports BSS. The three other defendants ...