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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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