Emajuddin demands army a week before city polls
Adarsha Dhaka Andolan convener Emajuddin Ahmed on Friday demanded the deployment of army a week before the elections of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations, scheduled for April 28.
Magistrates meet Kamaruzzaman at jail
Two magistrates met war crimes death row inmate Muhammad Kamaruzzaman at Dhaka Central Jail on Friday morning to know if he would file application for presidential clemency.
Kabari, Bobby, Salam quits mayoral race.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party economic affairs secretary Abdus Salam has quit the mayoral race for Dhaka south city corporation while former adviser to Jatiya Party chairman Bobby Hajjaj and former Awami League MP Sarah Begum Kabari quit the race in Dhaka north city corporation........
Kamaruzzaman gets time to seek presidential clemency.
The government has given time until this morning for war crimes death row inmate Muhammad Kamaruzzman to decide whether or not he would apply for presidential clemency,
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Boston Marathon bomber found guilty
The man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon in 2013 has been found guilty of all 30 charges that he faced, many of which carry the death penalty.
US warns Iran over 'support' for Yemen Houthi rebels
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Iran over its alleged support for Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Rony called in for Pak series
National selectors have sprung a surprise on Wednesday by choosing opener Rony Talukdar ahead of Liton Das in the Bangladesh squad for the first two one-day internationals against Pakistan.
GDP revised at 6.8pc in FY15
The coordination council on macro-economy in a meeting on Wednesday decided to revise the country’s growth target of the gross domestic product at 6.8 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year. Officials attending the meeting said that the committee also fixed the GDP growth rate at 7.4 per cent for the next fiscal year.
CITY POLLS ELECTIONEERING
BNP-backed aspirants not seen even on 2nd dayPro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition backed mayoral aspirants in the two civic polls in Dhaka did not appear in public for electioneering although ruling Awami League backed aspirants crisscrossed the capital to woo the voters on the second day of electioneering on Wednesday.
