Bangladesh

Election Commission secretary Jahangir Alam on Wednesday announced the schedule of 233 elections, including Cumilla and Mymensingh City Corporation polls. As per the schedule, the last date of nomination submission at returning office is February 13 and scrutinising on February 15. The last date for the withdrawal of nominations is February 22. Symbols will be allotted on February 23. The ...

The historic ‘Mass Upsurge Day’, commemorating the 1969’s movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, is being observed on Wednesday (January 24) in a befitting manner. Different political and socio-cultural organisations have taken separate programmes in observance of the day. On January 24, 1969, Matiur ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought more investment from Saudi Arabia to help accelerate Bangladesh’s socio-economic development, reports UNB. The prime minister said this while Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka. PM’s speechwriter M Nazrul Islam briefed reporters after the call on. Hasina told the envoy that ...

  Apan Shishu Bikash Foundation’s Noakhali Maijdi Branch was inaugurated under the slogan ‘Healthy Children – Safe Future’. The auspicious opening of the new branch of Apan Shishu Bikash Foundation was held on Tuesday (January 23) at 10 am in Maijdi Court area of ​​the district town of Noakhali. Maizdi Municipal Council Mayor Shahidullah Khan Sohail was present as the chief ...

In a meeting with a delegation from the Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, declared a commitment to addressing the environmental impact of cigarette waste. The minister asserted that a thorough analysis of the effects of cigarette waste on the environment would be conducted, and necessary measures would be implemented to mitigate its ...

Awami League-led ‘dummy government’ is now looking for a ‘dummy opposition’ in parliament, said BNP senior joint secretary general ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He said that the total electoral system of the country has been made distrustful, ineffective, and hilarious due to the greed for power of a particular individual. The BNP leader was speaking at a press conference at the ...

“Who are You to explain about the Appellate division verdict? Only Supreme Court to explain.” The Appellate division on Tuesday warned BNP’s joint secretary general and Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon. Mahbub Uddin Khokon earlier said that oath taking by the 290 lawmakers was “unconstitutional” as the tenure of the 10th parliament expired on January 28, 2019. Therefore, ...

Upazila Parishad (UP) elections will be from the last week April, said Election Commission Md Alamgir on Tuesday. “It is time to hold UP elections. The SCC exams is going to be started, after that Ramadan will begin. It is not possible to hold polls during the Ramadan. We are taking preparation for arranging the elections after Eid-ul-Fitr. We will ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sounded a strong warning against illegal hoarders and market manipulators saying that they would face the music. “If anyone hoards any goods out of ill-motive, we’ll have to take instant action against them through mobile courts and if needed send them to jail,” she said. Bangladesh Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina said this ...

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Monday warned that the government will take stern action against anyone found hoarding rice stocks. He told the corporate organizations that they should refrain from buying paddy by competing in the market, reports . The minister was talking at a meeting with the representatives of six corporates of the country in his office at ...