Category: Nation

Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Dr AK Abdul Momen said  on Friday that there is no scope for vote rigging now as the days of ‘election engineering’ are over. “The days of election engineering no more exist.…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people of Bangladesh to go to polling centres and cast their vote on Jan 5 to uphold democracy in the country.  She made the appeal as President of the ruling Awami League in…

Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday made a fervent appeal to the countrymen to cast their votes in the January 5 polls to give democracy a firm footing and to remain alert against any conspiracy like…

The Election Commission has asked for security blankets around all voting centres from Saturday for the Jan 5 polls. In a letter to the returning officers on Wednesday, it said movement of vehicles and people around the voting centres should…

The country with key institutions of democracy in place still misses democratic practices posing a huge challenge for its democratic future and people genuinely expect from the two top political parties to deliver in terms of democratic practice.

Rajshahi – One of the nine policemen who suffered injuries after opposition activists hurled a crude bomb at their vehicle here on Thursday afternoon died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka Thursday night.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said BNP does not believe in a democratic and parliamentary constitution.   “They (BNP) formulate and amend the constitution under the martial law,” he said while exchanging views with local Awami League leaders and activists…

The Christian community of the country, as elsewhere across the world, will celebrate Christmas tomorrow (Wednesday), commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.   According to Christian belief, God appeared on earth through his son, Jesus Christ, on this day.

The nationwide 83-hour road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, ended on Tuesday afternoon amid stray incidents of violence, leaving a person dead in Satkhira.

Ahead of the 10th parliamentary elections, the Home Ministry on Monday asked all to deposit their legal firearms and ammunition to the nearest Police Station or the legal dealers by December 27.

Security has been ratcheted up at Dhaka and Chittagong international airports fearing sabotage amid the political unrest and violence. Authorities at Bangladesh’s two premiere airports say additional security officials have been deployed. Neither any vehicle nor any person is being…

The third day of the 72-hour countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance, passed off in a relaxed way on Thursday.   There was no report of any major incident of violence in any part of the country…

Interconnectedness among the banks and other depository institutions sometimes causes risks for themselves. Moreover, if the problem is systemic then such risks will not remain confined within a specific institution rather it will cause risks to other interconnected financial institutions,…

Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of Armed Forces Division Major General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq on Wednesday met Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad.   The PSO met the CEC at the latter’s Election Commission Secretariat office at 1:30pm, AKM Mazharul…

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Tuesday said there is no relation between the current killings in the ongoing countrywide violence and the election.   “There’s no relation between these (killings) and the election. Such incidents also took place before…

Dhaka – In a reshuffle in the police administration, eight officials, including a deputy inspector general (DIG) and two additional DIGs, have been transferred and given new postings. The Home Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday.

A man was arrested along with Indian currency worth rupees 2.5 crore at Shah Amanat International Airport here on Sunday.   The arrested person was identified as Mustafizur Rahman of Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.

LGRD Minister and Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday said the trial of other accused war criminals will be completed and their sentences will be executed accordingly.