AL struggling with rebels, BNP with cancellations
The ruling Awami League is busy in confirming withdrawal of candidature of rebel candidates in 70 constituencies while the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is struggling with cancellation of nomination papers of prominent leaders, including jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Nominations of heavyweights cancelled
Bangladesh Election Commission has rejected nomination papers of several heavyweight politicians including Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, Krishak Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddiqui, Jatiya Party secretary general ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader and Trinamool BNP president Nazmul Huda during scrutiny of documents.
Khaleda’s nomination for Feni-1 rejected
The Election Commission on Sunday rejected the nomination papers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia for contesting in the general election from Feni-1 constituency due to her conviction in two corruption cases.
Trump agrees to freeze higher tariffs on $200M in Chinese goods — for now
The leaders of the world's two largest economies, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, agreed to a temporary truce on trade Saturday at a highly anticipated dinner Saturday in Argentina.
Tabligh mayhem leaves one dead, over 200 injured
A man was killed and more than 200 were injured as two factions of Tabligh Jamaat picked a fierce fight in and around ijtema ground at Tongi in Gazipur on Saturday over establishing control of the ground.
Agitation continues at JP office
Many Jatiya Party leaders and their supporters staged protests at party chairman HM M Ershad’s Banani office on Thursday as the leaders were not given nomination from the ruling Awami League-led ‘grand alliance’ for the December 30 parliamentary elections.
281 AL, 696 BNP nominations filed
A total of 2,567 party aspirants, including 281 from the ruling Awami League and 696 from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and 498 independent aspirants, including AL and BNP rebels, submitted nomination papers for the 11th parliamentary polls slated for December 30.
One in three Bangladeshis suffers from liver disease
One in every three Bangladeshis is suffering from liver diseases, said an organisation of hepatologists in Bangladesh.
3,056 nomination papers filed amid festivity, irregularities
The election officials received 3,056 nomination papers for the 300 electoral constituencies for the 11th parliamentary elections scheduled for December 30 as the deadline for filing nominations expired Wednesday.
Bangladesh country of concern: CIVICUS
Bangladesh was marked as a country of concern by international human rights organisation CIVICUS in its global report on fundamental freedom released this morning.
