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Staff Correspondent The government has put in place five-tier security with the deployment of more than 6 lakh security personnel across the country for the general elections today. Home ministry officials said 80,567 personnel of the police, Rapid Action Battalion and the Armed Police Battalion and 466,000 Ansars personnel were deployed across the country. This ... Read more

Offers apology for past mistakes Shahidul Islam Chowdhury The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday said democracy and development were synonymous with BNP and its election symbol ‘paddy sheaf’ and urged the people

Nazrul Islam and Tushar Hayat . Chittagong The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday sought a mandate from the electorate for her party’s ‘charter for change’ in Monday’s parliamentary elections urging the voters not to let their conscience be sold out to black money on offer. ‘They are out with sackfuls of money they ... Read more

Mostafa Kamal Majumder Begum Khaleda Zia, Chairperson of the BNP and leader of the 4-party alliance yesterday sought people’s mercy for mistakes committed during the alliance rule that ended in 2006 while at the same time asserting success in reducing corruption that, she said, had peaked during the Awami League rule between 1996 and 2001. ... Read more

Hasina, Khaleda respond to Al Jazeera Star Report Qatar-based television channel Al Jazeera published exclusive interviews of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday. Al Jazeera asked the two leaders the same questions. Why should the people of Bangladesh elect you again? Sheikh Hasina: “Last time I was in power ... Read more

AL and BNP both allege ‘partisan role’ of EC, CG continues communication with Hasina, Khaleda Staff Correspondent Amid great enthusiasm contesters along with their activists and supporters from all political parties including Awami League-led grand alliance and BNP-led-four-party alliance passed busy schedule till Saturday late night for electoral trail as the stage is now set ... Read more

Abdullah Juberee Thousands of people in seemingly endless processions surged into the Paltan ground in Dhaka on Saturday to witness the conclusion of the BNP-led alliance’s campaign for the elections to the ninth parliament, where the alliance supremo, Khaleda Zia, called for concerted efforts to build a prosperous Bangladesh. Large and small processions from different ... Read more

Bdnews24.com . Dhaka Regretting ‘past mistakes’ the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, in a televised speech Saturday evening, promised if elected that curbing prices would be her alliance’s number one task. ‘Stern actions against corruption and terrorism, and transforming parliament into an effective institution, will also get priority,’ she said. Khaleda’s recorded speech was aired on ... Read more

Bdnews24.com . Dhaka The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, in a televised speech on Saturday vowed to establish a Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty, and called for a ‘transparent political culture’ taking lessons from the past. Hasina called upon all, ‘Let us put an end to the politics of confrontation for the sake of ... Read more

In the metropolitan areas of Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet and Barisal, the Election Commission has imposed restriction on movement of taxicabs, microbuses, jeeps and pick-up vans from midnight today until December 29 midnight. Other vehicles including private cars will be allowed to ply. ACROSS THE COUNTRY There will be a ban on movement of ... Read more

World powers call for peace, Hamas responds by firing rockets Afp, Gaza City At least 195 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip on Saturday in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, said the head of Gaza emergency services Moawiya Hassanein. Another 300 people were wounded, some 120 of them seriously in the ... Read more

Foreign ministry summons Indian high commissioner Staff Correspondent Indian survey vessels, which Thursday night entered the Bangladesh waters in the Bay of Bengal left the area Saturday evening, said a release issued by the Inter Service Public Relations. ‘The three ships have moved towards west leaving the Bangladesh waters and now they are doing survey ... Read more

From highly-secured dais she pledges to contain food prices, graft, crime; winds up Dhaka campaign Staff Correspondent Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her grand electoral alliance wants to bring a change to the country to establish a rule of honest people and economic freedom for the people,

Khadimul Islam Electioneering for the December 29 general elections ends at midnight past today and the Election Commission imposed a ban on the plying of motorcycles across the country from same time. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, will conclude her formal electioneering with a rally in Paltan Maidan in Dhaka this afternoon while ... Read more

Hasanuzzaman Khan Awami League Chief and Mohajote leader Sheikh Hasina has refrained from naming H.M. Ershad from Dhaka-17 constituency and also Abu Hossain Babla from Dhaka-5 constituency as Mohajote candidates in her massive election projection meeting held at city’s Paltan ground yesterday. Sheikh Hasina was speaking from a bulletproof podium heavily cordoned by security personnel. ... Read more

bdnews24.com, Dhaka Over 600,000 law enforcers will be strategically deployed across the country ahead of the election on Dec 29, in the home ministry’s security measures for a trouble-free vote. The Election Commission, side by side, has formed a law and order maintenance cell that will keep

AFP, Dhaka The global economic crisis will present the biggest immediate challenge for whoever wins Monday’s Bangladesh elections after two years of rule by an army-backed government, say analysts. The December 29 poll is the first in the country for seven years and will restore a democratically elected government following a military takeover that ended ... Read more

Staff correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, Friday evening called on people to cast their vote for the candidates of the BNP-led alliance to save the country and the people. ‘The December 29 elections are very important for the nation. Cast your vote for the candidates of the four-party alliance to save the ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Some 32 high profile candidates of the alliances led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Awami League and other parties face off in more than a dozen constituencies in the December 29 parliamentary elections. Two former finance ministers – BNP’s standing committee member M Saifur Rahman and AL’s advisory committee member Abul Maal Abdul ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The election rally of Awami League turned into a human sea at Paltan Maidan and its surrounding areas yesterday as tens of thousands of people joined the party’s final showdown in the capital ahead of the national polls. The gathering gradually wore a festive look when AL supporters from different areas started thronging ... Read more