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He leaves Khaleda’s allegations of stage-managed polls for people to judge, UZ polls as per schedule Staff Correspondent Terming Monday’s elections free, fair and credible, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda on Thursday called on all to show respect to people’s verdict. He said the EC is satisfied with holding such an election that ... Read more

Prominent old guards may be sidelined in charter for change Hasan Jahid Tusher Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina may pick younger, educated and deft leaders in the party as cabinet colleagues to implement her party’s electoral pledges at the earliest. Party sources said the AL chief might opt for a small cabinet comprised of ... Read more

Shakhawat Liton The Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict and Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) probe report will decide the fate of three MPs-elect as two of them contested Monday’s national election following an interim SC order and the other is an alleged loan defaulter. The lawmakers-elect might lose membership of parliament if the court verdict and probe report ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) Chief Special Public Prosecutor (CSPP) ABM Sharfuddin Khan Mukul yesterday resigned on “personal” grounds. Mukul told The Daily Star that he submitted his resignation letter to the ACC chairman at noon. “I have moved the corruption cases on behalf of the Anti-corruption Commission against Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Shujan opposes dropping of charges against MPs-elect The authorities must complete the trial of the cases the new members of parliament are facing, instead of withdrawing the charges, to end the practice of impunity, Shushashoner Jannoy Nagorik (Shujan) said yesterday. “The cases must be settled in the court. We do not want them ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Agricultural credit disbursement recorded a robust growth of 27.22 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal as the central bank took some measures including relaxation of rules and regulations of loan payment. Eight state-owned banks and financial institutions along with the private commercial banks (PCBs) disbursed Tk 33.77 billion ... Read more

Staff Reporter At least 100 people, the activists and supporters of BNP, were injured in post-election violence in seven districts yesterday. Reports from different districts said over 20 people were injured in Patuakhali while 10 in Khulna, 12 in Kishoreganj, 14 in Satkhira, 15 in Thakurgaon, 10 in Natore and one at Jagangirnagar University. Meanwhile, ... Read more

Staff Reporter Ian Martin, an special envoy of the United Nations’ (UN) Secretary General, yesterday assured Awami League (AL) President and coming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for providing all possible support for bringing war criminals under trial. Martin pledged this during a meeting with Sheikh Hasina at the Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi. Talking to ... Read more

Khadimul Islam None of thirty-three political parties could not get even one per cent of the total votes cast, which is one of the pre-conditions for being eligible for getting registered by the Election Commission. Five political parties secured 96.16 per cent of the votes, 148 independent candidates bagged 2.95 per cent of the votes ... Read more

Reuters/Bdnews24.com . New Delhi In a government morgue in Mumbai lie the bodies of nine Islamist militants responsible for killing 172 people in a bloody attack on India’s financial hub. The deadly rampage happened in November, but India’s Muslims have refused to bury the gunmen, distancing themselves from the killings in a country where Hindu ... Read more

Cooperation of opposition urged, post of JS deputy speaker offered for opposition Staff Correspondent The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday said her government would not pursue politics of vengeance and urged cooperation of the opposition parties in running the government

Nazrul Islam The New Year begins with numerous expectations from a new government, the formation of which is probable in a week, after the Awami League-led alliance’s overwhelming victory in Monday’s elections. The first and foremost demand of the people is the lowering of the prices of essential commodities as almost all classes of people ... Read more

Staff Correspondent As the Awami League-led grand alliance is going to form the next government within nine days, people from all walks of life now want to see the implementation of their commitments included in the election manifesto. Talking to this correspondent on Wednesday people from different professional bodies including Khondaker Ashraf Hossain, Chairman of ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Political analysts, university teachers, economists, lawyers, businessmen, artiste and common people in their interviews with The Bangladesh Today on Wednesday called upon the BNP-led four-party alliance to accept the election results and work together with the AL in order to ensure overall development of the country and its people. Dhaka University teacher and ... Read more

Say polls were held in a fair, transparent manner Staff Correspondent Foreign election observers yesterday said they did not find any instance of ‘election manipulation’ in the December 29 parliamentary polls as alleged by the BNP. The observers at separate press conferences in the capital said the election was free, fair and transparent and held ... Read more

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

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

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

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

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