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NCP almost ready to seek registration with EC

With just six days left before the Election Commission’s registration deadline, the National Citizen Party has nearly completed its preparations for application submission. 
16 June 2025, 18:33 PM
16 June 2025, 18:33 PM
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Shop rent Tk 3 lakh, but govt gets just Tk 22,000

A probe has found massive irregularities in the rental of shops at nine markets of the National Sports Council (NSC), including a case where the government receives as little as Tk 22,000 in monthly rent while as much as Tk 3 lakh is being collected from the tenant. 
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Registration deadline: NCP to seek 2-month extension from EC

The newly formed National Citizen Party will formally request the Election Commission to extend the registration deadline for political parties by two months, as the party is unlikely to meet the registration requirements by April 20.
11 April 2025, 19:15 PM
11 April 2025, 19:15 PM
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NCP to push for reforms, ban on AL

The National Citizen Party (NCP) is set to launch a series of programmes this month, centring on three key demands -- the trial of the Awami League for the July killings, governance reforms, and an election to the constituent assembly, according to party insiders.
4 April 2025, 21:17 PM
4 April 2025, 21:17 PM
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NCP gears up for EC registration

The National Citizen Party (NCP) is now taking preparations to form district and upazila-level organisational units to meet the Election Commission’s registration criteria ahead of the upcoming polls.
2 April 2025, 20:03 PM
2 April 2025, 20:03 PM
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NCP pushes for grassroots support amid Eid holiday

Key leaders of the recently launched National Citizen Party (NCP) are actively engaging in mass contact in their respective areas, capitalising on the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation.
28 March 2025, 18:40 PM
28 March 2025, 18:40 PM
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July uprising: Nagorik Committee, student body to be revamped

The two platforms became largely inactive after they floated their political party -- National Citizen Party (NCP) and student body Democratic Student Council
21 March 2025, 19:00 PM
21 March 2025, 19:00 PM
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A mixed bag in NCP convening committee

The recently formed National Citizen Party (NCP) has announced a 217-member convening committee, incorporating individuals from diverse backgrounds.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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AL ‘lost its pro-people image’

Leaders and activists from various levels of the ruling Awami League have voiced concerns that the party has strayed from its founding principles, urging a focus on devoted activists rather than infiltrators.
23 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Languishing in BCS LOOP

Imam Hossein had applied for the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams in November 2019, just months after completing his master’s from Jagannath University.
11 May 2024, 18:00 PM
AL MP Ekramul Karim Chy’s son wins UZ polls

A house of representatives!

With his son’s victory in Wednesday’s upazila chairman polls in Subarnachar, local Awami League lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury have further consolidated his grip on politics, said party insiders.
9 May 2024, 18:00 PM
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Corrupt official let off with just a temporary pay cut

The government has reduced the salary of an assistant commissioner (land) of Bogura sadar upazila for 12 months after he was found guilty of forgery.
27 April 2024, 18:00 PM
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Relatives in UZ Polls: Unfazed, AL MPs breach party directive

The ruling Awami League issues some directives and makes some strategic decisions before local government polls, but its ranks hardly ever abide by those.
22 April 2024, 18:00 PM
voter turnout in first phase of upazila polls

Relatives in UZ Polls: AL chief’s directive for MPs largely unheeded

Awami League lawmakers’ urge to tighten their grip on the grassroots seems to be prevailing over the party president’s directive to have their family members and close relatives withdraw from the upazila parishad polls.
21 April 2024, 18:00 PM
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The taste of Royal Tehari House: A Nilkhet heritage

Nestled among the busy bookshops of Nilkhet, Royal Tehari House is a shop that offers students a delectable treat without burning a hole in their pockets.
12 April 2024, 16:26 PM
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Price cap is not working

The price cap on 29 commodities exists on paper only as most of those items are being sold at prices higher than those fixed by the government.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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First city polls under new AL govt today

Mymensingh and Cumilla cities go to polls today to pick their mayors and councillors, just two months after the Awami League formed a new government.
8 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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Cumilla City Corporation By-election: No enthusiasm among voters

Despite 13-day-long vigorous campaigning by mayoral candidates in Cumilla City Corporation by-polls that ended last night, there is no apparent enthusiasm among voters.
7 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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Resolving clashes through councils

With incidents of clashes, shootouts, and murders, the ruling Awami League has been reeling from infighting since January’s national polls.
26 February 2024, 18:00 PM
First phase of upazila polls

Polls to Cumilla, Mymensigh Cities: Will a free-for-all contest further divide AL?

As predicted by many, tensions within the Awami League did escalate in the aftermath of the recently held parliamentary polls, where party nominated candidates faced strong opposition from their colleagues.
24 February 2024, 18:00 PM
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Reserved Seats For Women: AL wants new faces in JS, not ex-MPs

The ruling Awami League is considering not picking former lawmakers for the women’s reserved seats in parliament to allow new faces in the Jatiya Sangsad, said party sources.
27 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Jatiya Sangsad: Lobbying intense for reserved seats

The reserved seats for women in the 12th national parliament are all up for grabs, and a large number of women – from former MPs to even movie stars – have been seeking a spot on the Awami League’s list of potential nominees.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Awami League didn't nominate anyone in 2 seats

AL mulls taking ‘boat’ off local body polls

Against the backdrop of post-election infighting between the Awami League candidates and the “AL independents”, the ruling party is now actively considering not fielding candidates with the “boat” symbol in the upcoming local government polls, party insiders said.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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No deputies for ministers

In a departure from the way she formed her previous cabinets, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this time chose not to appoint any state minister to a ministry where there is a minister and any minister to a ministry where there is a state minister.
13 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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37-Member council of ministers: Nearly half of them businesspeople

Businesspeople continue to dominate the council of ministers as almost half of its new members are involved in business, according to their affidavits submitted to the Election Commission.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
local govt bodies polls on March 9

‘King’s parties’ super flop

Four newly-formed ones couldn’t bag a single seat in national election
8 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Independents see off over a dozen heavyweights

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s strategy to make the election look competitive worked well, so much so that over a dozen heavyweights came tumbling down yesterday.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Zahangir now a potential spoiler for 3 AL picks

He is not in the election race, and yet he has emerged as an “X-factor” in the polls to three parliamentary constituencies in Gazipur.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM

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