City polls 48 collect nomination forms on Friday.
Aspirant candidates in the coming city corporation polls collected nomination forms from the returning officers, office on Friday which is a government holiday.
Premier Bank accuses Sayeed Khokon of loan default Khokon accuses bank chairman of smear campaign.
Private commercial bank Premier Bank alleged aspirant candidate to Dhaka South city, Sayeed Khokon, is a loan defaulter.The bank sent a complaint to the Election Commission in this regard.
BNP’s decision on city corp poll ‘soon’.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Mahbubur Rahman on Friday said the party would make public its ‘final decision’ over placing candidates in the upcoming elections to three major city corporations ‘very soon’
Batting, umpiring let Tigers down.
An umpiring gaffe, some lethargic fielding and erratic batting ended Bangladesh’s dream journey in World Cup 2015 at quarter-final stage as they were knocked out by India in Melbourne on Thursday.
Make taxpayers’ money meaningful, PM asks researchers.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday asked the researchers and students to work hard maintaining accountability so that the research grants and fellowships they are receiving from taxpayers’ money could help achieve the desired goals.
India opt to bat first against Tigers.
India won the toss and elected to bat first in their World Cup quarter-final match against Bangladesh in Melbourne on Thursday. Mashrafee bin Murtaza returned as Bangladesh captain............
BNP, allies still undecided.
Major opposition political parties, including the Bangldesh Nationalist Party, have yet to decide whether to contest the upcoming elections to three city corporations or not.
3 city polls on April 28.
Elections to the two Dhaka city corporations and Chittagong city corporation will be held on April 28 amid political stalemate, according to fresh schedules announced on Wednesday.
CITY POLLS CAMPAIGN Posters, billboards flood capital.
Huge colourful billboards and posters put up at vantage points of the capital weeks back proclaim pledges of mayoral aspirants to develop the two cities in Dhaka. The aspirants began the campaigns long before the election schedules were announced Wednesday.
Wife worried, says law enforcers not cooperating
The worried wife of Bangladesh Nationalist Party joint secretary general Salah Uddin Ahmed on Tuesday alleged that the law enforcement agencies were not cooperating with her to find out her husband who disappeared on March 10. ‘I am spending every moment hoping that he will be returned,’ said Hasina Ahmed.
