Police have banned the movement of 12 types of vehicles in Dhaka City on the polling day. The ban will be effective from Saturday midnight to Sunday midnight, said the city police in a statement on Saturday.
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JP (Zafar) urges people to boycott polls
Chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed and secretary general Golam Masih in a statement on Saturday called upon the people to boycott Sunday’s “farcical” elections and not to come out of their homes. They said that…
Govt wants to cling to power without involving people
Acting secretary general of the opposition BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the government wants to cling to power by holding elections without involvement of people as the ruling Awami League (AL) has become politically bankrupt. “This election…
20 injured in Natore BNP, AL supporters clashes
Opposition BNP supporters have engaged in back-to-back clashes with ruling Awami League activists in Natore. The clashes took place after the BNP supporters set fire to a train by hurling a petrol bomb on Saturday morning. At least 20 people…
Polls in 147 seats amid opposition boycott Sunday
Dhaka – The much-talked-about 10th national election is going to be held on Sunday amid the opposition’s boycott and widespread arson attacks across the country that left about 100 polling stations damaged and one person dead on Saturday. The election…
Stay away from polling centres: BNP urged people
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP has called upon the people from all spheres of life irrespective of political affiliations, religion, age, caste, creed and profession to stay away from polling centres of Sunday’s election taking place in different…
96 polling stations torched on election eve
At least 96 polling centres were set afire in different districts, including the capital, from Friday night to Saturday evening as anti-election activists continued their arson attacks on the eve of the 10th general election to be held on Sunday. …
Some burnt centres will be relocated: CEC
A few polling centres, which have been burnt, might be shifted at the last moment, but they would not be set up very far from their earlier locations, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has said. Over 100 voting centres…
Awami League will resist BNP-Jamaat: Tofail
Awami League leaders and activists will resist all the attempts of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to foil the 10th national elections on Sunday, says ruling party leader Tofail Ahmed.
Tarique Rahman calls for polls boycott
BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman has called for a boycott of the Jan 5 parliament polls in Bangladesh. He sent his appeal through a video message posted on the website of a social media. Tarique Rahman is…
1st day hartal marked by attacks, violence; BNP man killed
The first day of the 48-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by the 18-party alliance alongside its ongoing nonstop blockade programme demanding cancellation of the Jan-5 election, was marked by the killing of a BNP man and widespread arson attacks on polling…
A Sri Lankan truth and reconciliation commission?
One of the completely unexpected outcomes of the recently concluded Colombo Commonwealth Summit was the ignition of a dialogue on the setting up of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Sri Lanka.
Odor receptors discovered in lungs
Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa have shown that your lungs have odor receptors as…
Ancelotti: Cristiano Ronaldo has to win Ballon d’Or
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti on Thursday said Cristiano Ronaldo has to win the Ballon d’Or and also revealed he expects Xabi Alonso to sign a new contract with the club.
Serena recalls moment she gained edge over Sharapova
BRISBANE (Reuters) – Perhaps unsurprisingly, Serena Williams has a clear memory of the moment her on-court rivalry with Maria Sharapova swung in her favor, leading to one-way domination for the last eight years.
2014 will likely be down, because not all sequels are equals
Enjoy those back-to-back record-breaking box-office years while you can, Hollywood. It looks like the streak will end in 2014.
Are investors too optimistic about WreamWorks animation?
Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne thinks so, sticking with his bearish case today following a year when the studio’s stock soared 114% to $35.50.
After Antarctic drama, Chinese rescue ship is threatened by ice
Beijing — One day after a Chinese icebreaker played a central role in the rescue of 52 passengers from an icebound research vessel in Antarctica, crew members on the Chinese ship said it might itself become trapped by ice, according…
Manmohan hits back at Modi, blames him for 2002 Gujarat riots
In his strongest ever attack on Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday said that someone who “presided over massacre of citizens on the streets of Ahmedabad” shouldn’t be the PM.
Dolphins can get high on puffer fish, says nature show
Adventurous eaters may get a rush out of flirting with death by eating a piece of puffer fish, but dolphins may experience something completely different.
Sharpshooters to renew deer cull in heart of Washington D.C.
Washington – Sharpshooters will renew culling the white-tailed deer population, growing fast in the heart of the U.S. capital, as early as Thursday night, the National Park Service said.
Army organises eye camp at Faridpur
Ninth infantry division of Bangladesh Army organized a two-day free eye camp in Faridpur yesterday conducting operations on 36 poor eye patients.
Prospect of intercropping mulberry with other cash crops bright: Experts
Prospect of intercropping mulberry trees with some other vegetables and spices is very bright to boost additional income from the same land together with silk cocoon production throughout the country, said the scientists and researchers.
Spurned teenage couple jumps into lake, boy dies
Dhaka – After refusal of the both families to accept their love affairs, a teenage couple jumped into the Hatirjheel Lake in the capital on Friday morning, resulting in the death of the boy. The deceased was identified as Ehsanul…
All set for Sunday’s polls in Rangpur amid tight security
All preparations have been completed for holding the 10th parliamentary elections in a free, fair and impartial manner in three parliamentary constituencies here amid tight security measures tomorrow (January 5).
Re-excavation of canal launched at Joypurhat
The re-excavation of Harabati canal of Borotara union under Khetlal upazila of the district was launched yesterday.
Vaccine effective against influenza A, B in children invented
Researchers have innovated an inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) that is effective in preventing influenza A, B in children aged 3 to 8 years, according to a study. The vaccine proved to have about 59 percent efficacy for influenza of…
Miscreants set ablaze election centre, AL office in Barguna
Miscreants set ablaze four election centres and one union Awami League office in Sadar and Amtoli upazilas of the district in the early hours of today.
Illegal beverage factory unearthed in Kushtia
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) unearthed an illegal beverage factory at Millpara in the town early Friday and arrested three people from there.
3 killed as 2 trucks collide in Sirajganj
Three people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Shimantabazar in Kamarkhand upazila on Friday night.