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.

AL, BNP still in trouble Deadline for filing nominations ends tomorrow

Both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party are still in trouble with seat sharing with allies for the December 30 parliamentary elections while the deadline for the submission of the nomination papers will expire on Wednesday.

AL confirms candidates for 230 seats

The ruling Awami League on Sunday confirmed its nominations for 230 of the 300 constituencies for the 11th parliamentary elections scheduled for December 30.

Kamal demands replacing CEC with credible one

Gano Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday demanded the replacement of chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda with a credible person for holding a free and fair national election.

Treat all candidates equally, CEC to executive magistrates

Chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday asked the executive magistrates to treat all the candidates equally while discharging their election duties.