No EVM, no RPO amendment, BNP asks EC
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to refrain from its move to amend the Representation of the People Order to make the use of Electronic Voting Machines possible in next parliamentary election likely to be held in December.
HC reschedules Shahidul Alam’s bail application hearing for next week
The High Court Division on Wednesday told the lawyer of acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam that his bail application would be heard next week.
Female journalist hacked to death in Pabna
Assailants hacked to death a female journalist at her rented house in Pabna on Tuesday night, sparking protests.
AL supports use of EVM in next polls: Quader
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that the party would support using Electronic Voting Machines in the next general election likely to be held in December.
Ultra-poor to get rice at Tk 10 a kg for three months
Food minister Qamrul Islam on Wednesday said the government will start selling rice at Tk 10 per kg among 50 lakh ultra-poor families across Bangladesh from next month under a food-friendly programme.
Myanmar rejects UN probe on Rohingya abuses
Myanmar rejected on Wednesday the findings of a UN probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, in a strident government response to a damning report on the crisis.
Students’ demands lie unimplemented
Most of the demands of students, including a ban on unfit vehicles and drivers without licences and half fare for them, have remained unimplemented even a month after countrywide protests against road sector anarchy shook the country.
Hazaribagh continues to be polluted by rawhide wastes
Rawhide wastes continue to pollute the densely populated Hazaribagh area in the capital. The problem persists as tanners were using their abandoned factories to store rawhides, local inhabitant complained.
Aug 21 grenade attack staged with BNP-Jamaat patronage: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has accused again the then BNP-Jamaat government of perpetrating the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004, saying that such a heinous act cannot take place in the country without their patronage.
Tough programmes ahead to free Khaleda: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the party would go for tough programmes to free the party’s jailed chairperson Khaleda Zia.
