President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday underlined the importance of building the country’s manpower as efficient and smart to keep pace with the rapid expansion and development of ICT. “It is the prime responsibility of a government to take necessary steps to meet the hopes and aspirations of the people and nation,” he said, reports UNB. He was addressing the graduation ...

In Sylhet-2 constituency, the nominations of 8 people including Mokabbir Khan, former member of parliament, Jatiya Party’s vice chairman Yahya Chowdhury, and Muhibur Rahman, mayor of Biswanath Municipality, have been cancelled. During the scrutiny on Sunday, District Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Sheikh Russell Hasan canceled their nominations. 14 candidates filed nomination papers from the seat. Among them, 8 candidates ...

Nomination paper of Awami League candidate in Cox’s Bazar-1 seat Salauddin Ahmed has been cancelled for loan default. Meanwhile, District Returning Officer Mohammad Shahin Imran declared Kalyan Party chairman Maj Gen (retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim’s nomination paper valid. A total of 13 candidates submitted their nomination papers to contest the coming Jatiya Sangsad election from Cox’s Bazar-1 (Chokoria-Pekua) seat. After ...

Nomination paper of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh joint secretary general and candidate in Munshiganj-1 seat Mahi B Chowdhury has been cancelled on an allegation of bank loan defaulter. Returning officer Md Abu Jafar Ripon announced the decision on Sunday (December 3) after scrutiny. He said Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury’s nomination paper is cancelled due to default of loans. The returning officer has been ...

A seminar on ‘Academia-Industry Interaction’ held at the World Trade Center on Saturday, jointly organized by Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) and the School of Business Faculty of East Delta University (EDU). CCCI President Omar Hazzaz, East Delta University School of Business Faculty Member Professor A Qayyum Chowdhury, Chamber Directors Anjan Shekhar Das and Mahfuzul Haque Shah spoke ...

Veteran opener David Warner kept his spot in Australia’s squad announced Sunday to face Pakistan in the first Test this month for what is expected to be his farewell series. Warner was in scintillating white ball form at the recent World Cup, but he has scored just one Test century since early 2020 and averages only 28 since the 2019-2020 ...

An upazila engineer was killed and three others were injured when the car of Panchagarh’s Tentulia upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) lost control and fell into a ditch early Sunday. The accident took place at Chekarmari under Satmera union of Panchagarh Sadar Upazila. Deceased Abu Sayeed was an engineer of Pirganj Upazila in Thakurgaon district. The injured are – Tentulia upazila ...

The Election Commission (EC) in a directive on Saturday said that there is no scope of carry out election campaign for anyone to be candidate before December 18. “The campaigning period for the candidates has been fixed from December 18 this year to 8:00 am on January 5, 2024,” said an EC press release, reports BSS. Some of the dignitaries ...

The BNP and like-minded opposition parties’ next round of 48-hour blockade from Sunday morning. The blockade will encompass road-rail-waterways across the country. The blockade will begin at 6:00am on Sunday and end at 6:00am on Tuesday. It will be the 10th round of the blockade programme of the opposition parties since October 31. Speaking at a virtual press briefing on ...

A British soldier has died while off duty in Kenya, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. The BBC understands 32-year-old Maj Kevin McCool was on a motorcycle trip off base when he was attacked. MoD officials confirmed the soldier’s next of kin have been informed, but said it would not be releasing any details of what happened. Defence Secretary ...