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.
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US says China will return underwater drone; Trump slams Beijing
China has agreed to return the US underwater drone that it seized in international waters earlier this week, the Pentagon said Saturday.
Trump's Israel ambassador pick: Trump's peace process policy will be guided by 'what Israelis want to pursue'
Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said in an interview earlier this year that the Trump administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process would be guided by what the Israeli government wants to pursue.
Protests grow in Poland as political crisis deepens
A bitter political crisis in Poland worsened over the weekend with heated protests both in and outside the nation's parliament and a swirl of allegations of attempted coups and threats to democracy.
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.
