Bangladesh under int’l pressure as opposition boycotts polls
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to extend her 15-year rule in a boycotted election on Sunday. The question now is whether Western governments...
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‘BGB ready for election’
Staff Reporter :Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is ready to deal with any kind of situation surrounding the 12th National elections on January 7, said the...
Bans and boycotts: The troubled history of Bangladesh’s elections
On Sunday, Bangladesh, a nation of 170 million people, will go to the polls to elect a new government in the country’s 12th general election....
US, Europe make new push to halt Gaza war
Reuters :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Europe’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, were due in the Middle East on Friday to try to halt...
BIMSTEC vows to translate its grand vision into reality
UNB :Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey, a senior diplomat of India, assumed the position of Secretary General (SG) of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral...
Launch collides head-on with cargo ship in Chandpur
UNB :A woman went missing and a man was injured, after a passenger launch collided with and a cargo ship in the Meghna River in...
15 injured in police, BNP-men clash in Cumilla
News Desk :At least 15 people, including three policemen, were injured in a clash between law enforcement and BNP activists in the Monohorpur area of...
AL meets Commonwealth, OIC poll observers
News Desk :The ruling Awami League has assured election observers from the Commonwealth and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that the national election will...
8 injured in Gaibandha road accident
UNB :At least eight people were injured when a pick-up van of Border Guard Bangladesh collided with a bus in Gaibandha’s Palashbari on Friday. The...
Rohingya man abducted and shot dead in Cox’s Bazar
News Desk :A Rohingya man has been fatally shot after being abducted from a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya Upazila. The victim was identified...