80pc polling centres vulnerable
Electioneering in the Narayanganj city polls, scheduled for Thursday, will end midnight today while about 80 per cent polling stations have been spotted as vulnerable.
CID meets with Atiur at his house
A four-member team of the Criminal Investigation Department on Monday discussed with Bangladesh Bank’s former governor Atiur Rahman developments over $101milion reserve heist from the New York Federal Reserve, in early February.
PM for Biman overhaul
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday ordered the civil aviation ministry to form a high-level committee for ‘overhauling’ the state-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines against the backdrop of a VVIP flight’s emergency landing due apparently to ‘human factor’ recently.
BNP hopeful as president welcomes proposals
The president, Abdul Hamid, welcomed Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s proposals for the reconstitution of the Election Commission based on consensus as he kicked off series of talks with registered political parties sitting with BNP on Sunday.
Outsiders asked to leave polling areas by today
Mayoral candidates of both the ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party fear deterioration of the law and order during polls in Narayanganj City Corporation scheduled for December 22 as there is no visible move to recover illegal arms.
Canals, water bodies filled up: Rajuk
Canals and water bodies at Demra in the capital and Rupganj in Narayanganj are being filled up by housing companies and influential individuals, according to Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha’s probe committee report.
Manna freed on bail
Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna was released on bail from jail on Sunday evening.
Rushanara Ali arrives as UK PM’s trade envoy
The UK prime minister’s trade envoy for Bangladesh, Rushanara Ali, arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day official visit.
President’s talks with parties begin today
The president, Abdul Hamid, is scheduled for today to sit for talks with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party at Bangabhaban kicking off his talks with registered political parties on the reconstitution of the Election Commission.
Accept president’s decision on EC reconstitution: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday asked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to accept the decision to be made by the president on the reconstitution of the Election Commission. ‘You are going to meet the president…Accept the suggestions the president makes,’ Hasina said while addressing a discussion at Krishibid Institution.
