EC to deploy army during polls, not to use EVM
The Election Commission has a plan to deploy army in the next general election but the form of the functioning of the troops is yet to be decided.
PRINTING, DISTRIBUTING TEXTBOOKS NCTB officials engaged in irregularities: TIB
National Curriculum and Text Board officials are involved in irregularities in publishing and distributing free textbooks, shows a Transparency International Bangladesh study revealed on Monday.
135 killed as strong quake rocks Iran-Iraq border
At least 135 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides that were hindering rescue efforts, officials said Monday.
Tillerson to deliver warning in Myanmar over Rohingya crisis
In the face of widespread ‘atrocities’ against ethnic Rohingya people in Myanmar, the United States has been cautiously stepping up pressure on that country's army, while taking care to avoid endangering the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Lebanon PM says free in Saudi and will return home ‘very soon’
Saad Hariri, whose resignation as Lebanon's prime minister a week ago sent shockwaves across the region, said Sunday he is ‘free’ in Saudi Arabia and will return to Lebanon ‘very soon’.
Hundreds join Hollywood #MeToo march against sexual abuse
Hundreds of people marched in the heart of Hollywood on Sunday to support victims of sexual assault and harassment, inspired by a social media campaign that has portrayed such abuse as a pervasive feature of American life.
No polls under Hasina: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday asked the Election Commission to take steps for holding the next general election under a non-party neutral government, deploying army with magistracy and without using electronic voting machine.
Rohingya crisis: 22 per cent lost both parents
Twenty-two per cent of Rohingya orphans have lost both of their parents and are now struggling to survive with the humanitarian assistance they are getting at Cox’s Bazar shelter centres.
People left to suffer as buses go off roads
Thousands of people suffered throughout Sunday as most of buses and other transports in Dhaka city and adjacent districts were taken off the roads ahead of Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s rally in the capital.
Judiciary freed of burden: AG
‘The judiciary is now free from a burden’, attorney general Mahbubey Alam said Sunday when reporters asked for his reaction about Chief Justice SK Sinha’s resignation from abroad.
