Dhaka, May 6 – The Election Commission on Sunday ordered the returning officer to stop all election activities in Gazipur City Corporation following a stay order of the High Court.
Category: Governance
Police officer-wife killing case: Domestic help acquitted
A court here on Sunday acquitted Khadiza Akter Shumi, a domestic help, in a case filed over killing of police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman in 2013.
Noman, some other leaders picked up from Gazipur, claims BNP
BNP claimed that police picked its vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman and some other leaders up from near the party’s Gazipur City polls mayoral candidate Hasnuddin Sarkar’s residence on Sunday afternoon.
BNP’s demand to reconstruct EC ‘impractical’: Tofail
Terming it ‘impractical’, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday turned down BNP’s demand of reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) with neutral persons before the next general election.
Youth held over schoolgirl’s rape in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – Police arrested a young man on charge of raping a schoolgirl at Bagantuli in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Saturday noon.
Khaleda Zia’s sentence a ‘political ploy’: Lord Carlile
Senior UK lawyer and defence legal team member says prosecution of imprisoned BNP chairperson lacked adequate evidence. by David Bergman Dhaka, Bangladesh – The jailing of the leader of Bangladesh’s main opposition party, currently serving a five-year sentence for fraud,…
Dhaka loses to Kazakstan in OIC Asst Scy Gen election
Bangladesh has lost to Kazakhstan in the election for the post of OIC Assistant Secretary General for science and technology.
Inform SC about my illness, Khaleda asks lawyers
Dhaka, May 5 – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday asked her lawyers to bring the matter of her ‘serious illnesses’ to the notice of the Supreme Court during the hearing on her bail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case…
Drive launched to nab Rangamati gun attackers
The law enforcers are conducting drive to arrest criminals behind the murder of Naniarchar upazila chairman Shaktiman Chakma and Friday’s gun attack that killed five people.
Govt asked to consult all stakeholders on Digital Security Act
Dhaka, May 5 – Talking to the journalists is not be enough rather, government needs to talk to all stakeholders about the concerns raised over the proposed Digital Security Act, a right activist said on Saturday.
Private varsity girl escapes rape bid jumping out of moving bus
A female student of a private university escaped rape attempt by jumping off a moving bus at Dampara Wasa More in the port city on Saturday.
Protest against rape violence facilitated thru social media
Activists and protestors on Saturday used social media platform to get united and hold demonstration for a cause in the city.
BNP demands reconstitution of Election Commission
BNP on Saturday demanded reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) with neutral persons before the announcement of the schedule for the next general election.
3 held in Gaibandha ‘with pistol, bullet’
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested three young men reportedly with a pistol and seven bullets from a bus at Kanta in Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha early Saturday.
BSMMU physician, 2 others held with Yaba tablets in Cumilla
Dhaka – Police arrested three people, including a doctor of Banghabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), from Bagur bus stand area in Chandina upazila in Cumilla on Dhaka- Chittagong highway on Friday night.
Electrician found hanging in a city bank
Dhaka – An electrician was found hanging in a room of the head office of NCC bank in Motijheel area of the capital on Saturday morning.
Hartal in Khagrachari on Sunday protesting attack
Dhaka – The Greater Parbatya Chhatra Parishad and Parbatya Odhikar Forum on Saturday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Khagrachari for Sunday protesting the killing of a microbus driver in the Friday’s gun attack.
Nobel literature prize will not be awarded this year
The Nobel Prize in literature will not be awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues that have affected the public image of the Swedish Academy that selects the winner.
Trader killed by ‘step brother’in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A trader was hacked to death allegedly by his step brother over land dispute at Housenagar in Shibganj upazila early Friday in Chapainawabganj. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Ali, 55, an egg trader and son of Bisharad…
3 held with 20,000 Yaba in Satkhira
Dhaka – Detectives in a drive arrested three suspected drug peddlers from a courier service office in the district town early Friday in Satkhira.
Hundi trader held with Tk 10 lakh in Satkhira
Satkhira – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a hundi trader along with Tk 10 lakh hundi money from Laxmidari border area adjacent of Bhomra port in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Mizanur Rahman,…
People will decide form of election-time govt: BNP
BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday said it is the people who will determine under which government the next general election will be held in the country.
PM Hasina asks Rab to fight drugs
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to continue its drive against drugs to save the country and children from its (drugs) clutches side by side with maintaining law and order to keep up development spree.
No plan to include BNP in poll-time govt: Quader
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said there is no plan to include BNP in the cabinet of the poll-time government as the party has no representation in the current parliament.
Parliamentary body to discuss ICT Bill with editors: Minister
Dhaka, May 4 – Law minister Anisul Huq Thursday informed that the parliamentary standing committee on post telecom and ICT would hold talks with the media representatives on May 22 for discussing on the issues of the proposed Digital Security…
SSC question leakage admitted: No exam cancellation
Dhaka, May 4 – Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid Thursday said no examinations will be cancelled to retake as the leaked questions of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations had reached a limited number of examinees.
Election without solving political crisis not acceptable: BNP
Dhaka, May 3 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said people will not accept if the next general election is held without resolving the ‘ongoing political crisis’.
Hatred of journalism threatens democracies: RSF
The 2018 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), reflects growing animosity towards journalists. Hostility towards the media, openly encouraged by political leaders, and the efforts of authoritarian regimes to export their vision of journalism pose a…
Robber kingpin killed in Cumilla infighting
Dhaka – The ringleader of a robber gang was killed by rivals at Bazra village of Daudkandi upazila in Cumilla early Thursday.
Youth’s body found in Suhrawardy Udyan
Dhaka- Police here on Thursday recovered body of an unidentified young man from Suhrawardy Udyan in the city’s Shahbagh area.