Govt’s domestic debt almost doubled in five years
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh’s outstanding domestic debt position almost doubled in the last five years, and stood at Tk 8.09 lakh crore in October 2023, according...
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Bangladesh election environment ‘repressive’: UN
News Desk :The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, called the election environment...
Biden attacks Trump as threat to democracy
Al Jazeera :US President Joe Biden has warned voters against re-electing Donald Trump in this year’s election, saying the likely Republican presidential nominee presents a...
EC starts sending election materials to polling centres
Staff Reporter :The Election Commission has commenced the distribution of election materials, including the ballot boxes, to polling centres across the country in preparation for...
48-hour hartal called by BNP, allies underway
Staff Reporter :The main opposition party-BNP and its allies including Jamaat-e-Islami, Gonotontro Moncho and 12 party alliances’ enforced 48-hour hartal to forestall what they called...
Nabiullah put on remand for train arson
Staff Reporter :A magistrate court in Dhaka on Saturday allowed the police to take main opposition party BNP’s Dhaka south unit joint convener Nabiullah Nabi...
Three ‘cattle lifters’ lynched in Pabna
UNB :Three suspected cattle lifters were killed in a lynch-mob attack in Bhangura upazila of Pabna district on Saturday morning. Police said a gang of...
Russian observers to monitor polls Sunday
UNB :A three-member delegation of Russian observers will monitor Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. Andrei Shutov, member of the Russian Central Election Commission and Head...
Show mass no-confidence in govt by boycotting polls: Ganatantra Mancha
UNB :Ganatantra Mancha, an opposition platform for parties opposed to the election under the incumbent government, on Saturday urged the voters to show a lack...
More than 12 killed in arson attacks on six trains since Oct 28
Syed Shemul Parvez :In the run up to 12th national poll to be held today (Sunday), arson attacks were conducted on six passenger trains killing...