GAZIPUR CITY CORPORATION AL takes lead in ‘rigged’ polls
Ruling Awami League mayoral candidate Md Jahangir Alam was leading in Gazipur City Corporation polls, marred by allegations of massive irregularities, on Tuesday
Budget to be passed early, says Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the finance bill 2018-19 would be passed in parliament Wednesday while the national budget for the new fiscal would be passed on Thursday breaking the tradition of passaging the bills on the last day of June.
Voting underway for Gazipur City Corporation elections
Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation elections began on Tuesday morning to elect its new mayor and councillors.The balloting that began at 8:00am will continue till 4:00pm without any break at 425 polling stations.
SC upholds Khaleda’s bail in Comilla arson case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the ad-interim bail granted to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia by the High Court Division in a case relating to burning a covered van at Chouddagra
COMILLA COVERED VAN BURNING Appellate Div decision on Khaleda’s bail today
The Appellate Division said Sunday that today it would give a decision on government’s petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to former prime minister and BNP chairman Khaleda Zia by the High Court Division in a case relating to burning a covered van at Chouddagra
PM orders limiting driving hrs to check fatal accidents
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday ordered agencies concerned to ensure drivers take rest after five hours of driving, alternative drivers for long distance transports and service centres by highways across the country to avoid fatal accidents
Eight killed in road accidents
At least six construction workers were killed and 28 others injured in separate road accidents in Kalihati and Ghatail upazilas of Tangail on Monday
PM for not more than five hour driving on a stretch
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the concerned authorities to ensure proper execution of the provision of five-hour driving time of the transport drivers on national highways across Bangladesh.
SC order on Khaleda's bail in another Comilla case Tuesday
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed Tuesday for passing an order on a leave-to-appeal filed against a High Court order that granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case over the arson attack in Comilla on February 3, 2015.
Steps taken to free Buriganga from pollutions: minister
Water resource minister Anwar Hossain Monju on Sunday told the parliament that the government had taken initiative to free Buriganga River from pollution through increasing water flow
