Christmas Day today
The Christian community celebrates Christmas Day in Bangladesh today commemorating the birthday of Jesus Christ as elsewhere in the world.
Two ‘extremists’ killed, child rescued, four surrender
Two suspected extremists were killed, a four-year girl was rescued and four people were held on surrender during a raid at a suspected den of extremists at a house at Ashkona in Dhaka on Saturday.
Shelter crisis intensifies as many temporary sheds demolished
The struggle of Rohingyas, who recently entered Bangladesh fleeing persecution in Myanmar, to find a shelter became more difficult as the government started removing makeshift huts built to provide them with temporary shelter.
Duty of politicians to hold free, fair elections: CJ
Chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Saturday said the Supreme Court scrapped the caretaker government system to keep the judiciary neutral and independent.
Local leaders’ inaction causes BNP’s debacle
Inaction of local leaders, fear of political persecution, ‘wrong choice’ for mayoral candidate and popularity of rival contestant were the major reasons for debacle of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the Narayanganj mayoral polls, party leaders observed.
Extremist-den unearthed in city
Police have unearthed an extremists’ den at Ashkona under Dakshin Khan police station in the city.
All elections under AL were fair, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said all the elections held under the Awami League government were free and fair, but BNP has no right to seek votes from people for indulging in corruption, looting and killings.
Draft education bill to allow guidebooks, coaching
The government has decided to allow guidebooks as education assistance materials and coaching as private supplementary tutoring or shadow education, as set out in the final draft of the Education Bill 2016.
BNP demands judicial probe into NCC polls results
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday demanded judicial investigation into the alleged ‘vote rigging’ in Narayanganj City Corporation polls, held first time with party symbols, on Thursday. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a news briefing at the party’s central office raised the demand. He proposed for launching investigation into ‘ballot stamping’ ‘counting’ and publishing of ‘results’ of the NCC polls.
Uneasy calm prevails at Ashulia
An uneasy calm is prevailing at Jamgora and Nrisinghapur in Ashulia industrial belt as the workers of closed factories are on the run in fear of arrest over the cases filed by the factory authorities and the police.
