BNP proposals on Election commission: BNP avoids proposing law for strategic reason
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party avoided placing any proposal for enactment of a law on appointment of chief election commissioner and other election commissioners in its proposals unveiled on Friday for reconstituting and strengthening the Election Commission for strategic reasons.
Water logging in capital, N’ganj, Gazipur: Restoration of canals, rivers, water bodies recommended
Two studies commissioned by the government recommended restoration of rivers, canals and wetlands for addressing the perennial drainage congestion faced by the capital and the contiguous districts of Gazipur and Narayanganj.
AL picks Ivy for NCC poll
The ruling Awami League has nominated incumbent mayor Selina Hayat Ivy as party’s mayoral candidate in the Narayanganj City Corporation election.
Golapbag Stadium under illegal occupation of flyover contractors
Dhaka South City Corporation failed to recover Golapbag Stadium from illegal occupants in over two weeks since launching an eviction drive.
Khaleda demands EC formed on consensus
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday unveiled the party’s proposals for forming new Election Commission based on consensus among registered political parties through a five-member search committee of consensus.
Two killed as bus plunges into Madaripur ditch
At least two people were killed after a bus slipped off a road and fell into a water body at Dashar in Madaripur early Saturday.
Khaleda proposes for search committee for forming EC
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday in her proposal regarding the formation of new Election Commission demanded appointment of honest, skilled and politically neutral person as election commissioner.
Let Santals reap their rice: HC
The High Court Division on Thursday directed the government to either allow Santals to reap rice they had grown on Rangpur Sugar Mill’s land or ask the mill authorities to harvest and give the crop to the Santals.
BNP to boycott district council polls, contest NCC polls
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Standing committee decided to boycott the upcoming elections to district councils observing that the elections would give results already prepared by the government.
Arrest of Khaleda ordered
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Thursday issued a warrant for aresting Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed against her for celebrating her birthday on August 15.
