Tag: Strategic

The Election Commission (EC) wants to stay ahead of the season of storms by holding the third phase of the Upazila Parishad elections on March 15 in 83 bodies, including eight in coastal and wetland areas.

Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Oikya Parishad (BHBCOP) on Thursday demanded the government of formation of a national minority commission to find out the causes behind declining the percentage of minority people over the years. “According to census, the percentage of…

The government will fully implement the 1997 peace treaty on Chittagong Hill Tracts to keep its promise, State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing said on Tuesday.

In a reshuffle in the administration, five secretaries have been transferred and given new postings.   The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Monday.

Non disposal of a case has kept the 34th BCS written tests hanging for seven months, raising ire of those qualified for the tests and also of those who are expecting to qualify for the next BCS. Irked job seekers…

The schedule for the second phase of upazila election is likely to be announced this week, said Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz on Monday. “The second phase of upazila election will have to be held at the end of February or…

All preparations have been completed to hold elections at 206 centres here were polls  have been suspended on January 5.

The army will remain deployed until Jan 17 in eight constituencies where polling was postponed, the ISPR said. Re-polling will be held on Jan 16 at 392 centres of these eight constituencies. The constituencies are Dinajpur-4, Kurigram-4, Bogra-7, Jessore-5, Lakshmipur-1…

Post-election violence against minorities, particularly the Hindu community, have reemerged in the country due to the authorities’ reluctance to implement the recommendations of the judicial commission that probed the 2001 post-polls violence.   “No recommendation has been implemented yet. Had our…

Internal Resources Division secretary and National Board of Revenue chairman Golam Hossain, and Agriculture secretary SM Nazmul Islam have been appointed on a year’s contract. A circular was issued on this on Tuesday, said Abdus Sobhan Sikder, senior Secretary at…

Dhaka – The country’s 10th parliamentary election on Sunday saw zero turnout in at least 32 polling centres in five districts. Locals said the polling officials in 26 polling centres under Lalmonirhat-3 constituency wrapped up the voting without a single…

Claiming that people across the country rejected outright the controversial 10th general election, opposition BNP on Sunday said the defeat of the government has been ensured through the rejection.   “…people across the country have disapproved the farcical 10th parliamentary polls…

Dhaka – Describing the Jan 5, 2014 as a black day for democracy, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Sunday said no one witnessed such an unprecedented, candidate-less and voter-less farcical election not only in Bangladesh, but also in…

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.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad thinks the Opposition-enforced nonstop blockade will not affect the Jan 5 parliamentary polls. After apprising the President of elections preparations, he told reporters on Thursday, “No vehicle, except the authorised ones, in any…

The Election Commission has been granted Tk 2.10 billion to meet the cost of conducting the Jan 5 polls and maintaining law and order. The expenditure has come down by more than half the projected amount as candidates in 153…

The ruling Awami League has urged the Election Commission (EC) to take legal actions against the BNP, the main opposition party, for allegedly planning to foil the national polls.

Law-enforcing agencies have launched a pre-election joint drive in the capital to arrest criminals. They have a list of around 2,000 ‘criminals’ to arrest during the drive launched on Wednesday midnight.

Dhaka – Newly appointed chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Ekram Ahmed was sworn in on Tuesday.  Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain administered the oath to him at Judges’ Lounge of the Supreme Court.

There is something for the new pensioners to cheer about. The government on Monday enhanced the rate of surrendered pension money up to 15 percent with effect from December 1.

Speakers at a roundtable here on Saturday said only through employing a multi-sectoral approach can Bangladesh overcome its current alarming scenario of child malnutrition.   Despite the country’s success in reducing child and maternal mortality, malnutrition in children under five years…

The government in an abrupt move has shuffled positions of 22 Joint Secretary-level officials in the public administration less than a month before the parliamentary election.

The nation celebrated the 43rd Victory Day on Monday amid a renewed pledge to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the freedom fighters through ensuring peace and stability in the country and implementing the spirit of the war of liberation.

Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday greeted the war-wounded freedom fighters and their families on the occasion of the great Victory Day.

Thakurgaon, Dec 16 (UNB) – Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi national from Molani-Dharmagar frontier area of the district on Monday.

Dhaka – Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) president Mujahidul Islam Selim on Sunday said the parties of the ruling class are now playing a trick to annihilate democracy in the name of combating communalism.

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has alleged Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) forcibly.

Some 300 candidates, out of 880 across the country, pulled out from the January-5 general electoral race, according to data provided by the Election Commission Secretariat on Saturday.

Chairman of Anti Corruption Commission M Bodiuzzaman on Monday said the speed of activities of the commission has been going downwards after the amendment of the ACC law.

Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday evening and apprised him about the country’s overall situation.