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Contrary to the Election Commission’s claim, the wealth statement of poll candidates could not be accessed on its website. This correspondent tried to open the particular page on the EC’s website, www.ecs.gov.bd, for three hours on Wednesday, but in vain.  owever, all other information about the candidates, along with their photographs, was available. On Tuesday

As part of the growing Chinese involvement in Bangladesh’s domestic affairs, Beijing is dispatching one of its senior officials to Dhaka to discuss political issues as well as other bilateral matters with the country’s leaders. According to sources, Chinese vice-foreign minister Liu Zhenmin will arrive in the capital on a two-day visit to Bangladesh on Saturday ... Read more

Ruling Awami League plans to use forces to scuttle Sunday’s ‘March for Democracy towards Dhaka’ programme of the opposition parties led by BNP, which is calling for a boycott of January 5 general election. AL leaders said on Wednesday that the government would not allow the opposition to create anarchy in the country in the name ... Read more

The Christian community across the country and elsewhere in the world on Wednesday celebrated Christmas, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, with zeal and fervour. Christians believe that God appeared on earth through His son, Jesus Christ, on this day. Christian devotees on the eve of the day offered special prayers

The growers feel disenchanted with blockades as they are not getting sufficient fertilizers supplies for their standing wheat crop and the just begun boro rice planting. The fertilizer supply shortage is acute particularly in the northern districts, said growers. Dealers and officials said that the nationwide blockade

The state-run Rural Electrification Board is set to start the implementation of a Tk 5,011 crore five-year project to upgrade and enhance its rural distribution network In january, officials said. The mega project was taken to boost the power distribution capacity of REB’s 37 Palli Bidyut Samitis in the wake of overloading of nearly 1.18 ... Read more

BPO takes some proactive steps to regain lost glory Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) has taken a set of proactive measures with a view to regaining its lost glory as well as for its survival, a high official said. To this effect, the BPO has in the meantime launched a number of new services like Electronic ... Read more

Migratory routes and spawning or breeding grounds of hilsa at the Bay of Bengal are being shifted due to pollution, siltation, and climate change, says a recent report of the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), reports UNB. It says hilsa have changed their migratory routes and spawning or breeding grounds in response

Four people, including two of a family, were killed and nine others injured as a jeep rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Barapara on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Daudkandi upazila on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Yasmin, 30, wife of one Ismail Hossain of the Barapara, their five-year old daughter Janaat, Abdul Matin, 32 ... Read more

Muggers slaughtered a microbus driver and snatched his vehicle at Dop-Majhgram village in Santhia upazila on Tuesday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Amirul Islam, son of Zabed Ali of the village. Police said Amirul went out of his house around 8 pm on Tuesday with his vehicle to refuel gas. But he ... Read more

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday announced the Dhaka March programme for December 29 and called upon people from all walks of life to assemble in front of the BNP central office at Naya Paltan “to compel the government to accept her party’s demand for holding a free, fair and credible election”. “This march is to ... Read more

Ruling Awami League has described BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Tuesday statements as ‘unrealistic, absurd and full of falsehood’. “There is no truth in Khaleda’s speech. All of her words in the statement are baseless and unrealistic,” said Amir Hossain Amu, a senior leader of Awami League. He made the remarks at a press conference at Party ... Read more

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made a telephone call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday and requested her to send one battalion of Bangladeshi soldiers for its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. “Yes, the UN Secretary-General called the prime minister over telephone in the evening (Bangladesh time) and asked her to provide one battalion

37 foreigners placed on 2-day remand The 37 foreigners, who were arrested on charges of illegally operating a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business at Uttara area in the city, were earlier involved in an illegal VoIP business in Sri Lanka and were jailed, sources in the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said. A team of ... Read more

The finance ministry on Tuesday injected Tk 2,205 crore to state-owned Sonali Bank and Rupali Bank to shore up the struggling commercial banks from capital crunch and keep them afloat. Another Tk 1,895 crore would be given to Agrani and Janata banks tomorrow, a senior finance ministry official told New Age. Earlier, the ministry had decided to ... Read more

A traffic policeman was burned to death and two others sustained injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a requisitioned bus at Bangla Motor in the capital Tuesday night. The policeman, Ferdous Khalil, 40, was son of Abdul Hamid Mandal of Nagervita under Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibanda. Constable Faizul Islam, 40, and the bus driver ... Read more

Nine eminent citizens decry ‘move’ Amid media reports on unusual surge in the wealth of political leaders, technical problems have been created disrupting access to the personal information of candidates of the 10th parliamentary elections on the Election Commission website, reports UNB. The EC website, www.ecs.gov.bd, on Tuesday stopped showing the personal information of the ... Read more

The home ministry has said that Ganajagaran Mancha’s agitation in the diplomatic zone violated the Vienna Convention and other international norms. In a letter to law enforcement agencies, the ministry blamed such activities for undermining the country’s image. “That’s why it has become essential to

Members of the Christian community in the country celebrates the holy Christmas on Wednesday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervour, reports BSS. Christians would offer special prayers, illuminate churches, decorate Christmas trees at homes and places of worship and missions. Bangladesh

The recent agitation by Ganajagaran Mancha near the Pakistan High Commission has created a security flutter among ambassadors and high commissioners based in Dhaka. Diplomats from influential countries expressed concern over the security of their missions and personnel during a briefing by foreign minister