Bangladesh

The returning officer has allotted electoral symbols to seven mayoral candidates for contesting elections to Barishal City Corporation (BCC) elections. Returning Officer Humayun Kabir distributed the symbols at the regional election officer’s office at Nathullabad in the city on Friday morning. The candidates can now start their election campaign formally in a bid to contest the city elections as per ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the new visa policy of the USA targeting Bangladesh’s next election reflects the people’s long-standing demand for the restoration of voting rights. In a statement in the early hours of Friday, he also said the main theme of the US visa policy is to ensure all the processes for arranging the ...

Independent candidate Zayeda Khatun, mother of suspended former mayor Jahangir Alam, has been elected Gazipur City Corporation mayor. Zayeda Khatun with ‘Table Clock’ election symbol received 2,38,934 votes while her nearest rival and ruling Awami League candidate Md Azmat Ullah Khan with the ‘Boat’ symbol bagged 2,22,737 votes at all 480 polling centres. Returning officer Md Faridul Alam made the ...

Independent mayoral candidate Zayeda Khatun, also the mother of former mayor Mohammad Jahangir Alam, received 63,879 votes in Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election unofficially, while her nearest rival Awami League backed candidate Azmat Ullah Khan got 52,922 votes. According to the latest result from the polling stations till filling the report at 8.30pm on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Election Commissioner Md ...

BNP leader Amanullah Aman has been hospitalized in the capital, reports our correspondent. He was admitted to the Evercare Hospital in Bashundhara Residential Area this evening. He had been ill abruptly at a discussion meeting on the occasion of martyrdom anniversary of Martyr President Ziaur Rahman in Keraniganj of Dhaka.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Thursday said the newly announced visa policy was “merely their way of helping” the democratic electoral process in Bangladesh. He made the remarks while talking to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after his meeting with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday, reports UNB. Ambassador Haas said they had discussed ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning wrapping up her three-day official visit to Qatar. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5.58am. Earlier, the flight departed Hamad International Airport at 10.25pm local time (01:25am BST) for Dhaka, BSS reports. On May 22, Sheikh Hasina ...

The 124th birth anniversary of national and rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being celebrated across the country through various programmes. President Mohammed Shahbuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages paying rich tributes to the memory of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. This year’s theme of the day is ‘Agnibinar Shatabarsha: Bangabandhur Chetanai Shanitarup’. The birth anniversary of ...

Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election began at 8am on Thursday in a peaceful manner. The voting is being held under Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at 480 polling centers under the GCC areas. Eight candidates are contesting for mayoral posts in the election and there are 248 councillors and 79 female councilor candidates. The GCC, constituted with a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday met Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani at Amiri Diwan in Doha. Different issues, particularly, bilateral cooperation on energy, business, investment and Bangladeshi manpower, as well as Muslim Ummah, development of Bangladesh prominently came up at the discussion, reports BSS. “The meeting was held in a very warm environment,” said Foreign ...