ENGLISH MEDIUM BOOKS : Project Liberation War history properly: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to take necessary measures for projecting the history of the War of Liberation in the academic books of the English medium school books.
Security tightened on New Year’s eve
The police, especially Dhaka Metropolitan Police and Rapid Action Battalion, have boosted up security and put restrictions at important places in a bid to ward off any untoward incident on the eve of the New Year keeping in mind the recent attacks.
PRIMARY, IBTEDAYI, JSC, JDC RESULTS : Schools perform better than madrassahs
Pass rate and number of highest grade point average achievers in primary and junior secondary exams show positive growth while in madrassah both the indicators show negative growth compared with the previous year.
BLOGGER RAJIB KILLING : Two to die, six get different jail terms
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 in Dhaka on Thursday sentenced two youths to death and jailed six others, including Mufti Jashim Uddin Rahmani to various terms, in the first ever case of the killing of a self-styled atheist blogger – Ahmed Rajib Haider Shovon – in 2013.
BNP rejects poll results
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday night decided to reject the results of the municipal polls for what they said ‘widespread vote rigging across the country.’
Elections completed peacefully, except stray incidents: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday said the polls to 234 municipalities were completed peacefully, except some stray incidents.
CGA finds huge gap in NBR revenue figure
Gap in the figures of revenue collected by the National Board of Revenue and calculated by the Office of the Controller General of Accounts has been widening over the years due to problems in compilation and documentation methods followed by the two agencies of the government.
Rigging, violence mar polls
The capturing of polling stations, widespread ballot stuffing, snatching of ballot papers and intimidation of rivals by ruling Awami League activists marked the first-ever partisan elections to 234 municipalities on Wednesday when a man was killed and 150 were wounded in violence.
Stamping, stuffing in absence of BNP agents
Local ruling party men and leaders of its associate bodies at most of the polling centres of Munshiganj municipality were found instructing the activists to force the voters to cast votes for ‘boat’ or stamp on the party symbol in the ballot papers.
234 municipalities go to polls today
First ever partisan elections to 234 municipal councils in the country are set to be held today with the opposition fearing violence, intimidation and ballot rigging.
