The Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance has threatened to launch its “final round of agitation” after Ramzan, to force the government to hold the general election under a non-party poll-time administration. Leaders of the 18-party alliance observed that
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BB juggling with loan rescheduling continues
Relaxes regulations again Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday relaxed the regulations for loan provisioning and rescheduling for the fifth time ahead of the general elections amid pressure from scheduled banks and businesspeople. According to two revised circulars issued by the BB,
Religious radicals worsening pre-poll situation: Taranco
The rise of social-religious elements like Hefazat-e-Islam is ‘exacerbating’ the situation in Bangladesh in the lead up to the general elections, observed the visiting United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Oscar Fernández-Taranco. “It will complicate the situation further ahead of the general elections,” he was quoted as saying by a senior Foreign Ministry