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Speakers at a seminar have unequivocally called for substantial and sustainable development of the country’s animal resource sector through removing its existing problems to face the nation’s protein deficiency.

Different government and non-government organisations extended their helping hands towards the cold-hit poor people in the district.

A truck driver was killed as his vehicle overturned while outrunning pickets after a chase during the 24-hour countrywide blockade of the 18-party alliance on the Feni-Begumganj Road in Senbagh upazila on Sunday night.

Rajshahi Kkrishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has distributed 230 blankets among the cold-stricken Freedom Fighters and ethnic people in Rajshahi city on Saturday.

The Election Commission will deploy army members in eight constituencies of six districts during re-voting in 392 polling centres there on January 16.   The commission at its meeting on Wednesday took the decision over the army deployment before and after…

A female worker of a shoe factory was killed and 14 people, including three policemen, were injured in a clash between police and workers at Korean EPZ under Karnaphuli Police Station on Thursday.   The deceased was identified as Pervin Akhter,…

The 60-hour countrywide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance alongside its nonstop blockade demanding the cancellation of January-5 election results ended at 6pm Wednesday amid stray incidents of violence, leaving three people dead.   The opposition combine originally enforced a…

Dhaka – The voter turnout in the general election in 139 constituencies was 39.83 percent, the Election Commission Secretariat sources said on Tuesday, two days after the January-5 parliamentary elections were held on Sunday. The commission on Sunday announced unofficially…

Dhaka – As many as 126 candidates out of 369 in the 139 constituencies lost their security money as they failed to bag at least one-eighths of the casting votes during the Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The statistics were found analysing…

Dhaka – Denouncing the attacks on minorities over the 10 parliamentary polls, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to effective steps to protect them from such attacks and compensate the victims. In a statement on Tuesday, TIB…

The BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is not under “house-arrest”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the foreign media. In a briefing at Ganabhaban on Monday, a day after the national election, she rejected the BNP chief’s earlier claim of being…

Three persons have died on Monday in a clash between supporters of the victor and the vanquished candidates of Dhaka-1 constituency at Bilashpur in Dohar Upazila. According to the local people and police, supporters of Bilashpur Union Parishad (UP) chairman…

Bangladesh’s ruling party is defying pressure to open talks with the opposition after its walkover win in an election marred by unprecedented bloodshed, boycotts and low turnout. Despite warnings that Sunday’s crushing victory did not amount to a mandate, the…

The ruling Awami League on Sunday expressed its satisfaction over voter turnout during the 10th parliamentary polls, saying the ‘valiant people rejected” the opposition call to boycott the election. This was stated by Co-chairman of Awami League Election Steering Committee…

A suspected killer of a Union Parisad member has died in an alleged gunfight with police in Khulna. Two constables-Mamun and Israfil – of Dumuria Upazila’s Tolna Police Station were also injured in the gunfight on Friday night, said Assistant…

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…