United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, who is poised to become prime minister following a landslide election victory, said Wednesday that the legitimacy of the present caretaker government would be finally decided in the ninth parliament. After making a courtesy call on the chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, she made ... Read more
Dhaka Mirror
No scope of upazila polls deferment
Says EC Sakhawat Unb, Dhaka Ruling out any political consideration on deferring upazila polls in the changed situation, the Election Commission (EC) confidently goes ahead with preparation for holding the upazila elections on schedule. Talking to reporters yesterday, Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain said the upcoming upazila elections will be held as ... Read more
No-Vote total 3,69,539 in just concluded JS polls
UNB, Dhaka The electorate cast some 3,69,539 ‘No-vote’ in the Monday’s parliamentary elections, according to reports received from the districts. Under the Election Commission’s newly introduced option for the electorates, the ‘No-vote’ was exercised for the first time in the country. The voter turnout in the election was over 80 percent of the total 8,10,58,698 ... Read more
Blue panel bags majority posts
DUTA polls Blue panel bags majority posts DU Correspondent Pro-Awami League Blue panel bagged majority posts in the election to the Dhaka University Teachers’ Associ-ation (DUTA), held on Wednesday. The blue panel won nine posts including post of president while BNP-Jamaat backed white panel bagged six posts including post of general secretary. Prof Khandokar Bazlul ... Read more
DSE marks rise
Staff Reporter The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) registered remarkable gains after a day of the national election as investors’ hoped that the peaceful election and its results would help boost the market. The investors yesterday placed huge buying orders to get profit, pushing up the day’s turnover to Tk 4.31 billion on yesterday from Tk ... Read more
Why the AL won and the BNP lost the election-2008
COMMENTARY Why the AL won and the BNP lost the election-2008 Mahmud ur Rahman Choudhury God forbid that I be considered pro or anti anyone. I have to start on this apologetic tone because things are so polarized in Bangladesh that people tend to see everything in black and white ignoring the shades in between ... Read more
Grand victory for grand alliance
People go for change in fair polls; voters turnout 70pc Star Report The Awami League-led grand alliance has swept back to power after seven years out of office with a stunning landslide victory in
Sex on beach Briton, Vince Acors, speaks out for first time
From Times Online Sex on beach Briton, Vince Acors, speaks out for first time Nico Hines A British businessman today spoke out for the first time about his conviction for having sex on a beach in Dubai, saying that he had been “extremely naive” but claiming that the verdict against him was unjust. Vince Acors ... Read more
Australian snorkeller snatched by shark
• Shredded westuit found off Perth coast • Son hears father’s screams Ellen Connolly in Sydney, guardian.co.uk A snorkeller is believed to have been snatched by a shark as he swam last weekend with his son at a beach south of Perth. Witnesses reported seeing a dorsal fin and thrashing in the water before the ... Read more
Illegal graffiti ads dirtying city
Rizanuzzaman Laskar Strange looking women in peculiar clothes have taken over most of the city’s roadside walls. Their grotesque and deformed postures annoy pedestrians. Onlookers say this kind of particular advertisements is a torture to their eyes. “They look like aliens from mars,” remarked Shah Alam, a pedestrian in Badda. The unpleasant looking wall advertisements ... Read more
Mindless Car Parking On in Gulshan
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) move to free the main thoroughfare in Gulshan from illegal car parking falls flat as vehicles are being parked right under the ‘no parking’ signs. The DCC recently leased out a number of lanes in the posh residential neighbourhood for commercial car parking on the plea that it
Jubilant voters rush polling centres
BREAKING NEWS Jubilant voters rush polling centres Star Online Report The capital city of Dhaka as elsewhere in the country wore a festive look today with tens of thousands walking down at polling centres to elect their representatives for the national parliament in the national election after seven long years. Our correspondents who are visiting ... Read more
Accept polls results: Hasina
BREAKING NEWS Accept polls results: Hasina Star Online Report Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today hoped that the general election will be held peacefully and urged all to accept the election result whatever it will be. She also flashed V-sign after casting her vote at Dhaka City College centre with her sister Sheikh Rehana at ... Read more
Khaleda satisfied with election mood
BREAKING NEWS Khaleda satisfied with election mood Star Online Report BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said the today’s election is being held in a festive mood and hoped that the four-party alliance will win the election if it is held in a free, fair and neutral manner. “We have said earlier that the BNP-led alliance will ... Read more
CA happy at peaceful voting
BREAKING NEWS CA happy at peaceful voting Star Online Report Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed today expressed his happiness to see the voters’ turnout for the ninth parliamentary polls being held countrywide today. The voting is being held peacefully across the country and there is no report of any incident so far, the CA told ... Read more
CEC rules out possibility of results boycott
BREAKING NEWS CEC rules out possibility of results boycott Star Online Report Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said there would not be any scope for any quarters to reject today’s election results as the polling process has been accomplished so meticulously. “The voting process has been arranged in such a way that there ... Read more
Winners to work jointly with losers: Gen Moeen
BREAKING NEWS Winners to work jointly with losers: Gen Moeen UNB, Dhaka Army chief Gen Moeen U Ahmed hoped that Monday’s election winners along with the losers would work together for taking the country forward. “The country should not be divided unnecessarily and without any reason,” he told reporters after casting his vote at Adamjee ... Read more
Voting going on peacefully: EU team chief
BREAKING NEWS Voting going on peacefully: EU team chief UNB, Dhaka European Union (EU) chief election observer Alexander Lamsdorff today said he found large turnout of enthusiastic voters casting their votes in an orderly and peaceful manner in the first three hours without any fear and intimidation. Talking to reporters and election officials after observing ... Read more
Nation goes to polls today
Massive security measures for 9th JS elections Staff Correspondent Displaying a landmark progress in the quest for “a government of the people, by the people and for the people”, the nation goes to
Khaleda feels relaxed, upbeat
Staff correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Sunday said that she was feeling relaxed after completing preparations and hectic campaigns across the country for the general polls on Monday. ‘I feel relaxed as I have done all the works, and still I am in good health,’ Khaleda Zia told while exchanging views ... Read more