Decision on polls deferral Monday, says CEC
The chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said the commission will sit in a meeting on Monday and decide whether the election date for 11th parliamentary polls would be deferred or not.
BNP finally decides to join polls
Leaving behind all the concerns and confusions, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which had boycotted the last general election, has finally decided to join the upcoming one and will send a letter to the Election Commission on Sunday seeking deferment of the polls by one month.
AL, JOF yet to inform EC about allies
Neither ruling Awami League nor opposition Jatiya Oikya Front informed Election Commission till Saturday about their political allies for the upcoming parliamentary polls as the deadline for the task expires today.
Mass arrests of opposition activists continue
Opposition activists, mainly from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, continue to be arrested in a huge number across the country, which has crowded the prisons more than their capacity.
Demands to be realised through movement: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the demands of the Jatiya Oikya Front had to be realised through movement and the polls schedule was not acceptable until a level playing field was created.
11th JS polls on December 23
Despite protest of opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front, the Election Commission on Thursday announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections fixing the polling date on December 23.
PM urges BGB to free Bangladesh from drug, extremism
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the Border Guard Bangladesh to work with utmost honesty and sincerity to free the country from the onslaughts of militancy and drug.
Khaleda Zia taken to jail from BSMMU
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken to jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Thursday for a court appearance in Niko graft case.
Khaleda Zia taken to jail from BSMMU
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken to jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Thursday for a court appearance in Niko graft case.
Eight of a family die in Joypurhat fire
Five people, who suffered serious burn injuries in a fire at a house at Aramnagar of Jaipurhat district town Wednesday night, died early Thursday, raising the death toll to eight.
