- Upazila polls in end-Aug or Oct: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda yesterday said the upazila polls will be held either at the end of August or early October, and that there is no scope for going beyond that time.
He said the Election Commission (EC) has already requested the chief adviser to start reshuffling the administration at various levels as [...] (local) - Grassroots leaders gear up for polls
Amid a festive mood, local-level leaders of major political parties filed applications seeking candidacy in the August 4 polls to four city corporations and nine municipalities on the last day of nomination paper submission yesterday.
A total of 68 mayor aspirants, 933 councillor aspirants and 202 women for reserved seats submitted their nomination papers peacefully for [...] (local) - Govt, AL fail to reach consensus
The Awami League (AL) and the government have failed to reach a consensus about a number of issues including lifting of the state of emergency before polls and unconditional release of Sheikh Hasina and agreed to sit again to discuss the issues.
At its much-awaited dialogue with the caretaker government yesterday the AL emphasised that no [...] (local) - Khaleda, Tarique sued for embezzling Tk 2cr
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed another case against former premier Khaleda Zia, her elder son Tarique Rahman and five others for embezzling over Tk 2.10 crore by forming an eyewash establishment named Zia Orphanage Trust.
According to the case, then prime minister Khaleda Zia and the other accused through unlawful practices embezzled over Tk 2.10 [...] (local) - 12 die in landslides, wall collapse
At least 10 people died in rain-induced landslides and wall collapse while two drowned in rainwater at Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.
Torrential rain continued during the week in Teknaf triggering the landslides, sources claimed.
Landsides killed nine people, mostly children and eight of them belonging to two families, at Teknaf upazila headquarters in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday. [...] (local) - Correction centres not much of help
The juvenile development centres of the country fail to equip its inmates with the kind of support that would enable a child to find employment in the market once he is released from such a centre.
Lack of adequate training facilities and low quality of training are blamed for this and as a result juveniles, after [...] (local) - CA for Saarc pressure on rich nations to cut emissions
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday called for putting collective pressure by Saarc on the developed nations for making a unilateral and unconditional commitment to reduce their greenhouse gas emission levels to save the vulnerable regions of the world from the perils of climate change.
?The world cannot, perhaps, go back to the pre-industrial age [...] (local) - Rebels left out of regrouping mission
The central leaders of BNP intend to keep its dissident leaders out of the loop during their planned tours to the party’s organisational districts in a bid to reorganise the party.
Party insiders said according to a decision of the central leadership, the leaders and former lawmakers who had sided with the dissident faction of [...] (local) - EC plans no step against parties picking candidates
The Election Commission (EC) has no plan for taking any immediate step against political parties’ reported unequivocal attempts to nominate candidates for the August 4 city corporation and municipality polls violating the electoral code of conduct.
Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussain yesterday however said the commission will ’start enforcing the electoral rules strictly after the [...] (local) - Lifting of emergency, polls date AL priorities
The Awami League (AL) in its formal dialogue with the caretaker government today will place several demands including the withdrawal of the state of emergency and a specific date for the general election.
According to AL leaders, the party will put emphasis on its six-point demand which includes unconditional and permanent release of party President Sheikh [...] (local)
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