The conspirators get united and start new conspiracies when election approaches, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said. “Many parties do not participate in the election and they keep clamoring so that the election do not to take place,” the minister said these while addressing at an anti-drugs and terrorism rally held in Dhaka’s Dhamrai on Saturday. The Home Minister ...

A suicide note has been found at the residence of Shahriar Kabir, president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, following the recovery of his daughter Arpita Kabir Mumu’s dead body. The body of 41-year-old Arpita was found hanging with a rope tied to a bathroom window at their Banani apartment in the capital on Thursday night. The police, however, did ...

Sylhet Metropolitan Police has arrested 3 people in the Sylhet City Corporation election in front of the rival candidate’s house with weapons. Sylhet Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner of Police Sudeep Das confirmed the matter. The arrested are Atiqur Rahman (42), son of Mofizur Rahman of Noorani area of Bankalapara of the city. Zuber Ahmad (38) son of deceased Akram Ali ...

Among the candidates contesting for the general and reserved women councilor posts in the Sylhet City Corporation elections, 92 are ‘self-educated’. Apart from this, 76 candidates could not pass the secondary level. Two candidates are ‘signature wise’. This information is known by going through the affidavits submitted by the candidates to the Returning Officer. On June 21, the EVM voting ...

The election campaigns for the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and Barishal City Corporation (BCC) polls are set to end on Saturday midnight. As the KCC polls and BCC polls are scheduled to be held on Monday (June 12), no candidates will be allowed to continue campaign after midnight. In Khulna, the campaigning activities for the election began on May 26 ...

Brazilian striker Neymar revealed Friday he was in on the secret that Lionel Messi was leaving Paris Saint-Germain for Inter Miami before it was officially announced. “I already knew it!” exclaimed the Brazilian, laughing, in response to a question on the YouTube channel of NBA Brazil about his reaction to the announcement of the departure of his Argentine teammate for ...

The United States on Friday announced a $2.1-billion military aid package for Ukraine, just as Kyiv appeared to be opening its long-awaited counter-offensive aimed at driving Russia from the country. The package included missiles for Patriot air defense systems, artillery rounds, drones and laser-guided rocket system munitions, AFP reports. The new arms, illustrate “the continued commitment to both Ukraine’s critical ...

Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson on Friday announced his resignation as an MP, accusing a parliamentary probe into the “Partygate” scandal of driving him out. Johnson, 58, said he was stepping down with immediate effect “triggering an immediate by-election” in his marginal seat, which heaps political pressure on his successor Rishi Sunak, Reuters reports. Johnson had been fighting for ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam Dhaka City South got the permission to hold a rally in the capital after ten years. Ashraful Alam Emon, director of Jamaat Dhaka South’s publicity and media wing, claimed at midnight on Friday that the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has given the party permission to hold the rally at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium in Ramna ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid emphasis on promotion of native sports in a larger way to increase engagement of young generation in extracurricular activities, saying sports and physical exercises boost up self-confidence and senses of responsibility to the country. “Local sports should be given more importance so that those can be practiced more . . . I want our ...