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Awami League (AL) candidate Rejwan Ahmed Towfiq, the eldest son of President Abdul Hamid, was unofficially declared winner in the by-polls to Kishoreganj-4 constituency held on Wednesday. Toufiq bagged 98,026 votes in 116 centres out of 118 centres in three upazilas (Itna, Mithamoin and Austagram) while independent candidate Syed Mahitul Islam Asim polled

JP formally supports BNP, voters smell rat in NBR move With all eyes focussed on Gazipur City Corporation Election due on July 6, the Jatiya party has publicly announced its support for the 18-party supported candidate Professor Abdul Mannan. The announcement made at a press conference on Wednesday was attended by BNP standing committee member ... Read more

$1b arms from Russia to strengthen armed forces further, she says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is pledge-bound to ensure the overall development of the country as well as modernise the armed forces as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Prime Minister said this while addressing ... Read more

The main Opposition BNP has blamed the government for carrying out, what it called, propaganda against the party chief Khaleda Zia over a write-up attributed to her in the US newspaper, The Washington Times. The article sought cancellation of Bangladesh’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility in the US market. “People from a certain special

Former Awami League leader Mobarak Hossain had collaborated with the Pakistani occupation force to kill 33 people in a single incident during the Liberation War, said prosecution witness-5 Ali Akbar on Wednesday. Giving deposition at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1), Akbar said some people, in cooperation with freedom fighters, had blown up a bridge

The United States is committed to help Bangladesh build a peaceful, secure, prosperous, healthy and democratic nation. US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan Mozena said this in a message on the occasion of the American Independence Day on the fourth of July. “We hope that Bangladeshis

A writ petition was filed with the HC on Wednesday against PM Sheikh Hasina, BNP chief Khaleda Zia and JP Chairman Ershad for using political banners to campaign in the Gazipur City Corporation election. The first ever city poll of Gazipur is scheduled to be held on July 6. Dr Eunus Ali Akond, a SC ... Read more

The Netherlands has expressed its willingness to set up a deep seaport in Bangladesh apart from assuring of providing support for a third seaport in Patuakhali. Netherlands Ambassador in Dhaka Gerben De Jong said this when he met Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan at his Secretariat office on Wednesday. During the meeting,

Another opportunity to resolve status issue A day before the previously declared three-month amnesty period expires, the Saudi government has given foreign workers, who have violated residency and labour regulations, another four months to obtain legal status. Earlier, the Saudi government had announced an amnesty for all expatriates till July 3 this year. But the ... Read more

The two contesting candidates of Kishoreganj-4 constituency by-polls AL-backed Rejwan Ahmed Towfiq and rebel candidate Syed Mahitul Islam Asim are passing a very busy time in their last moment campaign to win the hearts of the voters. The voting is scheduled to take place on today (Wednesday). The seat became vacant after the present MP ... Read more

The decision to suspend the US GSP facility for Bangladesh defies economic or moral logic, The Wall Street Journal in an article titled “Punishing Bangladesh,’ said on Monday. The Obama Administration has finally found a nation it’s willing to punish—mighty Bangladesh. The U.S. suspended tariff-free access to the US market for a small

Protesting the recent statement of the finance minister AMA Muhith at National Parliament that all the Grameen social businesses are owned by Yunus, the Yunus Centre said, the statement is completely false and the finance minister should apologize for making false assertion against a respected person if he is unable to produce such evidence. In ... Read more

Over 56 people were injured, six of them with bullet injuries in a fierce clashes between two rival groups of pro-ruling party student body Bangladesh Chhatra League at Beanibazar area in Sylhet on Tuesday. Local sources said, the four hour-long chase and counter chase and counter chase started at around 11: AM in presence of ... Read more

Parliament, on Tuesday, witnessed a heated debate centring some reports published in the international media, including London-based daily The Sunday Mirror, which termed the rescue of an RMG worker from the debris of the collapsed building after 17 days of the incident “a hoax”. Taking the floor on point of order, BNP lawmaker Shahid Uddin ... Read more

Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni had a brief interaction with United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. The interaction took place on the sidelines of the retreat session of ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting, said a Foreign Ministry press release.

The director-general of International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, told The Independent that Bangladesh is at the starting block for building a robust infrastructure, based on the Milestone Document of the IAEA, crucial for establishing the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Pabna. “The IAEA has a Milestone Document that mandates

The two major mayoral candidates for Gazipur City Corporation, 18-Party Alliance-backed Prof. MA Mannan, and 14-Party Alliance-backed advocate Azmatullah Khan, have levelled allegations of wrongful conduct, against each other, ahead of the election. Prof. Mannan, on Tuesday, again raised demands for deploying the army during the election, at a press

The main opposition BNP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission (EC), alleging that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her office are trying to influence the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) poll to get the result in the government’s favour. It also urged the EC to deploy army personnel, so that the civic body poll ... Read more

Jatiya Party (JP) chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad said on Tuesday that his party was going to contest the national election on its own, snapping ties with the ruling 14-party alliance at any time. “Politics is now a matter of tactics. We have to win the fight for power. Nobody used to enquire about us in ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed creating awareness about the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides as well as unplanned waste management and construction of roads and embankment that hampers reproduction and physical growth of fish and their breeding grounds. She also emphasized on protection of natural breeding