All elections were fair in past five yrs, claims CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday claimed that all the elections held during their five-year tenure were by and large fair and peaceful, saying some minor irregularities overshadowed the scenario.
Zainul Abedin’s 102nd birth anniv today
The 102nd birth anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin will be celebrated today across the country.
China's aircraft carrier prowling Pacific, sending a message
China's lone aircraft carrier is prowling the Pacific as the country seeks to assert its military might and build up its naval warfare capabilities.
Argentina's ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner charged
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was charged with corruption Tuesday and had $643 million of her assets frozen, according to state-run news agency Télam.
Rothman on Trump Taiwan call: 'A lot more winging it than people want to admit'
Commentary editor Noah Rothman said President-elect Donald Trump's recent phone call with Taiwan's president -- and its diplomatic fallout -- is a sign of an incoming administration that is "winging it" more than some Republicans want to admit.
North Korea 'racing ahead' on nuclear plan, defector says
Political uncertainty in the United States and in South Korea could give North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "an apt time" to develop nuclear weapons "at all costs by the end of 2017," a high-profile North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea said Tuesday.
Voting to 59 Zila Parishads begins
Voting in the maiden election to 59 Zila Parishads (district councils) across the country began on Wednesday morning in a non-partisan manner unlike the polls to other local government bodies.
Shraban, four publishers banned
Ekushey Book Fair authorities banned five publishing houses from the fair for the next two years and reduced the stall size for 15 others for alleged breach of guidelines in the past event.
Workers Party for enactment of law
Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the ruling alliance, on Tuesday also proposed reconstitution of the election commission by formulating a law as stipulated in the constitution. A ten-member delegation of the party, headed by its president Rashed Khan Menon, made the proposal during talks with president Abdul Hamid on the reconstitution of election commission at Bangabhaban in the afternoon.
Neutral govt can be formed with eminent people: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia said on Tuesday that there were so many good and eminent people in the country by whom the election-time neutral government could be formed to hold free and fair national elections.
