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At least five people were injured as activists of the banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir clashed with police near the National Press Club in the capital on Friday. Police arrested 24 suspected Hizb-ut-Tahrir supporters after the clashes. Witnesses said members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir brought out processions from High Court and Segunbagicha mosques after Jum’a

Money to be obtained from maintenance and development fund The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) will finance the 341-MW Bibiyana Unit-1 power plant with cash from the ‘maintenance and development fund’. The maintenance and development fund was created following a directive from the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) in 2011. PDB chairman Muhammad Abduhu Ruhullah

Burnt in a petrol bomb attack on December 21, a victim died on Friday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, doctors said. The deceased was Shahjahan Miah, 28, a cook at a hotel in Mymensingh and resident of Nahata of Gouiripur under the district. Family sources said Shahjahan was going

The Election Commission on Friday dispatched ballot papers amid tight security to returning officers in various districts for the January 5 parliamentary elections, reports UNB. The commission started dispatching the ballot papers to various districts in the morning under strong escorts of police, Rab and BGB members for vote casting in the country’s 146 constituencies

The visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin to Bangladesh has been postponed due to flight cancellation over bad weather conditions, the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka informed the media on Friday night. Liu Zhenmin was scheduled to arrive in the capital today at noon on a two day visit to discuss political as well ... Read more

A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Baradi border in Damurhuda upzila on Friday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Abu Hasan, 50, son of Rahim Bakhs of Nastipur village in the upazila. Commanding officer of Border Guard Bangladesh

Two young men were gunned down by unidentified miscreants in the city’s Bildakatia area on Friday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Ripon Sardar, 27, son of Dr M Jafar Iqbal, and his friend Mithun Sheikh, 26, son of Mannan Sheikh. Both are residents of Dewana Uttarpara in the city. Dr Jafar Iqbal has a ... Read more

A police constable died after he along with eight others had became wounded as miscreants exploded several crude bombs into a police car in the Rajshahi city on Thursday when the BNP-led alliance was holding a procession. Constable Siddhartha died from his injuries in Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Thursday night after he had been ... Read more

In order to aid the civil power to maintain law and order ahead of the January 5 Parliamentary poll, members of the armed forces have been deployed in 57 districts of the country. The members of the armed forces have started their duties in the districts, even in the upazilas, as per the requirements of ... Read more

PM says as she launches polls campaign Accusing the opposition leader of unleashing terrorism and militancy and killing people in the name of a movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the trial of Khaleda Zia would be held one day on Bangladesh soil for the offences, reports UNB. “We believe in justice. The ... Read more

March To Dhaka BNP activists start arriving in capital Grassroots and mid-level leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate organisations have started coming to the capital in advance to join the ‘march to Dhaka’ programme on December 29. Some leaders of BNP and its different wings told New Age on Thursday that leaders ... Read more

Election Commission to spend Tk 291cr for polls All the 146 constituencies in the country have been declared vulnerable by the intelligence agencies ahead of the January 5 polls boycotted by BNP-led 18-party alliance. While mostly Awami League and its rebel candidates are going to take part in the upcoming election, the intelligence agencies declared ... Read more

Opposition activists start to gather in capital Ruling Awami League yesterday formally announced to resist the opposition’s Dhaka march programme, triggering apprehension of further escalation of the ongoing political violence as BNP leaders said they would observe the programme at any cost. Ruling Awami League’s high-ups have asked the

Three political parties – Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB), Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Janata League (BKSJL) – yesterday joined forces to launch the National Democratic Front (NDF). “The immediate cause of formation of the alliance was to prevent the government’s move to hold lopsided polls with a view to establishing a one-party

At least half of the international organisations and countries which sent observers to monitor the 2008 general elections will not observe the national election scheduled for January 5 because of concerns about its credibility. In addition, only a handful of the local organisations which deployed about 1.6 lakh observers in the 2008 general elections have informed

At least 2,250 members of the armed forces are all set to fly off for UN peacekeeping missions in Africa. Of them, 850 personnel will go to South Sudan and the rest will be deployed in Mali, an officer in the Overseas Director of Army Headquarters said on condition of anonymity. The UN has sought ... Read more

The home ministry has postponed until further notice its earlier order asking all to deposit their licenced firearms and ammunition to the nearest police station or the legal dealers by December 27. An official announcement yesterday said there will be a ban on the movement of licenced firearm holders with their arms as well as brandishing ... Read more

The prevailing political uncertainty has hit country’s overseas job sector hard as fresh recruitments from some prospective countries have virtually come to a halt, said officials. They said although some more countries had shown interest earlier to recruit manpower from Bangladesh, they are now reluctant about this.

The country has suffered a loss of over Tk 100 billion due to the ongoing rampant felling of trees by political activists during blockade, shutdown and other agitation programmes, according to green activists in Dhaka on Thursday, reports UNB. “Trees are being felled indiscriminately across

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed two cases against six people, including a deputy secretary and a deputy commissioner, on charge of defying prescribed rules in the mutation of government land against fake documents, reports UNB. ACC assistant director Jatan Kumar Roy filed the two cases with Kotwali and Wari police stations in ... Read more