EC announces schedule to hold lopsided polls: Fakhrul

BNP heavily criticises the Election Commission for hurriedly announcing the schedule for the next parliamentary election and alleges that all have been set to hold a lopsided election.
8 November 2018, 15:05 PM

AL welcomes polls schedule

Awami League welcomes the Election Commission’s decision for fixing the 11th parliamentary polls schedule on December 23 and expresses its hope that all political parties would join the polls in a festive mode.
8 November 2018, 14:21 PM

BNP to hold emergency meeting with 20-party alliance tonight

BNP will hold an emergency meeting with its 20-party alliance leaders tonight to devise the next course of action.
8 November 2018, 11:26 AM

Khaleda backed to jail from hospital without informing court: SCBA chief

The government shows ignorance to the court by taking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia back to the jail without informing it (court) about her treatment, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Zainul Abedin says.
8 November 2018, 11:10 AM

Still sick but brought to court: Khaleda

After BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was produced before a Dhaka court in Niko Graft case, she says she is still sick but produced before the court.
8 November 2018, 08:20 AM

Khaleda taken to jail illegally: Fakhrul

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been taken to prison illegally, her party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged.
8 November 2018, 07:57 AM

EC starts sending polling materials to field level offices

Election Commission starts sending nomination forms and other polling materials to its field level offices from the BG Press in Dhaka ahead of the upcoming general election.
8 November 2018, 07:08 AM

Freed from BSMMU, Khaleda taken to court in Niko graft case

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is taken to old central jail directly from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and produced before a special court there in Niko graft case.
8 November 2018, 04:59 AM

BNP submits to PMO list of 1,046 cases

The BNP yesterday submitted a list of 1,046 “fictitious cases” filed against its leaders and activists to the Prime Minister's Office.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

EC set to unveil schedule today

The Election Commission announces the schedule for the 11th parliamentary polls today amid support from the ruling Awami League and strong opposition from Jatiya Oikyafront, comprising the BNP and several other parties.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Talks end, thorny issues unresolved

The weeklong talks between the ruling alliance and opposition parties ended yesterday, but all the major contentious issues that have created uncertainty ahead of the election remain unsettled.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Project approval spree continues

The government yesterday approved 28 projects involving Tk 30,234 crore.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

US midterm elections: Voters deliver mixed verdict

A defiant President Donald Trump yesterday shrugged off the loss of the House of Representatives as Washington braced for the prospects of partisan warfare after US voters delivered a mixed verdict in a hard-fought midterm election.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Ctg city BNP president ‘picked up’

BNP alleges that plain cloth cops “picked up” its Chattogram city unit president from Dhaka.
7 November 2018, 14:12 PM

Oikyafront postpones road march, to hold rally in Rajshahi Nov 9

Jatiya Oikyafront has postponed its tomorrow’s road march programme towards Rajshahi.
7 November 2018, 13:40 PM

Govt to support EC's decisions: HT Imam

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Political Adviser HT Imam says that only Election Commission has the right to take decisions regarding the election schedule and the government will support its every decision.
7 November 2018, 12:41 PM

10 things to know about US midterm election results

Here are the 10 key things to know about results of US midterm elections.
7 November 2018, 12:39 PM

Hasina won’t violate constitution: Quader

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not violate constitution in holding the general elections, her party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.
7 November 2018, 08:35 AM

EC orders to send polling materials to field level Nov 8

The Election Commission (EC) has issued an official letter asking the authorities concerned to send nomination forms and other polling materials to field level on November 8.
7 November 2018, 07:17 AM

Ershad-alliance for immediate polls-schedule

Jatiya Party’s alliance presses the Election Commission for immediate announcement of election schedule. United National Alliance (UNA) conveys the pressure at a meeting with election commissioners at the commission’s Agargaon office.
7 November 2018, 06:19 AM