3 city polls on April 28.
Elections to the two Dhaka city corporations and Chittagong city corporation will be held on April 28 amid political stalemate, according to fresh schedules announced on Wednesday.
CITY POLLS CAMPAIGN Posters, billboards flood capital.
Huge colourful billboards and posters put up at vantage points of the capital weeks back proclaim pledges of mayoral aspirants to develop the two cities in Dhaka. The aspirants began the campaigns long before the election schedules were announced Wednesday.
Wife worried, says law enforcers not cooperating
The worried wife of Bangladesh Nationalist Party joint secretary general Salah Uddin Ahmed on Tuesday alleged that the law enforcement agencies were not cooperating with her to find out her husband who disappeared on March 10. ‘I am spending every moment hoping that he will be returned,’ said Hasina Ahmed.
Sense of insecurity grips citizens
A sense of insecurity, triggered by arson attack on transports on the one hand and police excesses on the other, has seized the people in general across the country, affecting their mobility as the anti-government blockade continues for almost two and a half months.
95th birth anniv of Sheikh Mujib observed
The 95th anniversary of birth of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was observed through elaborate programmes across the country on Tuesday. National Children’s Day was also observed on the day to mark the birth anniversary.
Businesses start crying, says FBCCI president
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry president, Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, on Monday said that business people had started to cry being hapless victim of ‘destructive’ political programmes.
Mujib’s 95th birth anniv today
The 95th anniversary of birth of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed today in a befitting manner.
Hill people enforce blockade in Dighinala, 11 arrested.
Road communications between Dighinala of Khagrachari and other parts remain snapped as the Dighinala Bhumi Raksha Commitee enforced a blockade of the upazila for Monday protesting at police-army attack on Sunday’s march towards Babuchara.
Helpline launched for RMG workers.
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments on Sunday launched a telephone helpline for the readymade garment workers so that they could raise any concern about possible fire,
Govt swallows Tk 265cr losses by giving benefits to IGWs.
The government has suffered a revenue loss of around Tk 265 crore in five months after it cut the rate for international call termination by the international gateway (IGW) operators patronising the politically licensed IGW operators,
