Badruddoza expresses skepticism over city polls

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Monday expressed his skepticism over upcoming city corporations polls.

Tigers return to heroes’ welcome

Bangladesh cricketers were given heroes’ welcome as they returned home on Sunday completing their World Cup campaign.

BTRC order to update mobile user info creates complexity Telcos say drive won’t be effective unless they get NID acces .

A Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission order to update mobile phone subscriber information created a complexity as the operators are yet to have a mechanism to crosscheck user information.

City polls 48 collect nomination forms on Friday.

Aspirant candidates in the coming city corporation polls collected nomination forms from the returning officers, office on Friday which is a government holiday.

Premier Bank accuses Sayeed Khokon of loan default Khokon accuses bank chairman of smear campaign.

Private commercial bank Premier Bank alleged aspirant candidate to Dhaka South city, Sayeed Khokon, is a loan defaulter.The bank sent a complaint to the Election Commission in this regard.

BNP’s decision on city corp poll ‘soon’.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Mahbubur Rahman on Friday said the party would make public its ‘final decision’ over placing candidates in the upcoming elections to three major city corporations ‘very soon’

Batting, umpiring let Tigers down.

An umpiring gaffe, some lethargic fielding and erratic batting ended Bangladesh’s dream journey in World Cup 2015 at quarter-final stage as they were knocked out by India in Melbourne on Thursday.

Make taxpayers’ money meaningful, PM asks researchers.

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday asked the researchers and students to work hard maintaining accountability so that the research grants and fellowships they are receiving from taxpayers’ money could help achieve the desired goals.

India opt to bat first against Tigers.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in their World Cup quarter-final match against Bangladesh in Melbourne on Thursday. Mashrafee bin Murtaza returned as Bangladesh captain............

BNP, allies still undecided.

Major opposition political parties, including the Bangldesh Nationalist Party, have yet to decide whether to contest the upcoming elections to three city corporations or not.