EC bars govt officials from ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ campaigning
Staff Reporter : The Election Commission on Thursday directed all government officials and employees to refrain from campaigning in favour of either “Yes” or “No”...
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Sherpur Violence EC to withdraw UNO, OC
News Desk : The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday decided to withdraw the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jhenaigati Upazila in...
‘Politics should not be a source of earning’
Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice-chairman and the party’s MP candidate for Kishoreganj-3 (Karimganj- Tarail) constituency Dr. Osman Faruque said those...
Army chief urges coordination, neutrality on polls
Staff Reporter : Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Wednesday called on troops to uphold strong inter-agency coordination, professionalism and political neutrality to ensure...
Debt Repayments Mount: Foreign loan disbursement drops 30pc
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh saw a sharp decline in fresh foreign assistance in the first half of the current fiscal year, even as its external...
Mamunul warns of ‘conspiracy’ to return old politics
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Ameer Mamunul Haque on Tuesday night alleged that several political parties were conspiring to push Bangladesh back onto its...
Touhid sees no security reason behind India’s recall of diplomats’ families
Staff Reporter : Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said he finds no security-related reason behind India’s reported decision to recall family members...
Biman resumes Dhaka-Karachi flight today
News Desk : Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to resume direct flights between Dhaka and Karachi today after a 14-year gap, with the inaugural flight...
Minor boy dies as falls into tubewell borehole
Staff Reporter : Misbah, a four-year-old boy, died on Tuesday after falling into a deep tubewell borehole in Raozan upazila of Chattogram, according to a...
Trump threatens Iran, says ‘time is running out’
Agencies : US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed threats to attack Iran, saying “time is running out” to make a deal on nuclear weapons,...
No formal US embassy observers for polls: EC
Staff Reporter : The Election Commission (EC) has clarified that no formal election observers from the US Embassy will be deployed to monitor Bangladesh’s upcoming...
‘Incentives flow easily to big businesses’
Staff Reporter : Agriculture Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday said that while incentives are extended smoothly to large businesses, farmers...