Graft case: Khaleda moves HC for changing court
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday filed a petition with the High Court seeking its order to transfer Zia Orphanage Trust graft case to another court from the existing one.
There was no alternative to Jan 5 polls: outgoing CEC
Outgoing chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday said there was no alternative to holding the general elections on January 5, 2014 for the continuity of the constitution.
Jake Tapper spars with Kellyanne Conway over WH falsehoods
Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared on CNN's "The Lead" Tuesday in a 25-minute interview with Jake Tapper where they discussed President Donald Trump's falsehoods and the administration's treatment of the press.
Eight of Uttara ‘teen gangs’ held over schoolboy murder
Rapid Action Battalion personnel Tuesday night arrested eight teenage members of two juvenile groups from capital’s Uttara area in connection with the murder of schoolboy Adnan Kabir. Senior assistant director of RAB (media wing) Mizanur Rahman Bhuiya said that the arrestees are members of ‘Disco Boys’ and ‘Big Boss’ gangs.
Four killed in Narayanganj road mishap
At least four people were killed and another one injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch near Acharia Char Primary School at Sonargaon in Narayanganj early Wednesday.
Eminent citizens give mixed reactions as AL, allies hail new EC
The ruling Awami League and its allies on Tuesday hailed the newly appointed chief election commissioner and other election commissioners while other political parties expressed mixed reactions.
Fair election not possible under new CEC: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday said that the newly formed Election Commission led by ‘a former controversial government
Nurul Huda made new CEC
Former bureaucrat KM Nurul Huda was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday.
BNP to give reaction over new EC today
Bangladesh Nationalist Party will give its reaction over the newly constituted Election Commission tonight.
DRIVES TO RECLAIM CITY CANALS, Zila Parishad markets, 200 other structures demolished
Two markets of Dhaka Zila Parishad and at least 200 other structures, built on the Trimohini Khal at Nandipara, were pulled down on the first day of the joint drives that began on Monday. Dhaka South City Corporation led the drives as part of their plan to reclaim 11 canals from grabbers.
