Bangladesh

The Election Commission (EC) has summoned two Awami League (AL) nominees of Barguna-1 and Cumilla-6 on Wednesday (December 27) to explain allegations that they violated the electoral code of conduct. The candidates are –incumbent MP and ruling party candidate of Barguna-1 Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu and the same party lawmaker and candidate for Cumilla-6 AKM Bahauddin Bahar. The EC decision comes ...

Border Guard Bangladesh will be deployed across the country from December 29 ahead of the next parliamentary election alongside the Army aiming to maintain overall peace and law and order in the country, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. “BGB will be in the field from December 29 and alongside it the Army will be there, so the situation will ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that his party didn’t want the opposition parties to stay out of the national election and it would have been more competitive if those, including BNP, took part. “We never wanted the opposition to stay out of the election. Many are participating, but if those, including the BNP, had decided to ...

Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Rangpur on Tuesday morning, as part of her party’s campaign for the 12th national parliamentary election. In the day-long visit, the Awami League chief will address a grand election rally at Pirganj Government High School ground in the afternoon alongside two rallies in Mithapukur and Taraganj upazilas. During her visit, ...

The Election Commission (EC) will hold a meeting with the heads of embassies and missions in Bangladesh and the resident representative of UNDP on January 4 to update them about the progress of upcoming national election. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal will hold a briefing at a hotel on Dhaka at 3pm on the day, reads a letter sent ...

To bring change and peace, Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman GM Quader on Monday urged the people to make Jatiya Party win the next election. “Vote for the Jatiya Party and help the party win to save the country from the misrule, looting, and corruption of the Awami League. People are suffering a lot and the Jatiya Party is needed for ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday urged the United States (US) to impose visa sanctions on those who are impeding the next general elections. “It is a widely circulated announcement of the US that it will impose restrictions on the people creating barrier to holding the elections and apply those. To this end, we are seeking attention ...

Today (December 25) is Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, Jewish preacher and religious leader of the first-century. The Christians of different groups in Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world will celebrate the day amid festivity and religious fervor. They will celebrate the day by offering special prayers, illuminating churches and installing makeshift Christmas trees at homes and places ...

Australia will provide around $235 million to Bangladesh for dignified return of more than one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their motherland in Myanmar. The commitment came when outgoing Australian High Commissioner in Dhaka Jeremy Buer made a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Ganabhaban residence Sunday morning. During the meeting, they discussed matters of bilateral interest, ...

Monday will be Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, Jewish preacher and religious leader of the first-century. The Christians of different groups in Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world will celebrate the day amid festivity and religious fervor. They will celebrate the day by offering special prayers, illuminating churches and installing makeshift Christmas trees at homes and places of ...