Oikyafront postpones announcement of contenders’ final list

    Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Oikyafront postponed its schedule of announcing the final list of candidates for contesting in the upcoming general election, reports The Daily Star. “We postponed the announcement due to unavoidable circumstances,” said Latiful Bari Hamim, a staff of Oikyafront’s media wing. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday told reporters…

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      BNP finalises 206 candidates

      Sayeed Muhammad of DOT BNP has announced the list of its final candidates for around 206 seats for the next parliamentary elections, with the party’s election symbol ‘Paddy Sheaf”. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of BNP, disclosed the list at a media briefing at the party chief’s Gulshan office yesterday evening, reports UNB. “We’re…

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        Economic activities slow as pre-polls uncertainties loom

        DOT Desk Major economic activities, especially trade and investments, have slowed down in recent times as many investors are adopting a go-slow policy in their new and expansion plans ahead of the national elections, reports The Financial Express. Such a slow business progress ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections also prompted bankers to cut back on…

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          What EC is doing not good: BNP

          Arafat Hasan of DOT BNP has alleged that the Prime Minister’s Office is regularly giving various instructions to the Election Commission regularly in order to implement government agenda. Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also questioned the neutrality of three Election Commissioners. “Election…

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            Over 300 ex- public servants express solidarity with AL, govt

            Sayeed Muhammad of DOT More than 300 retired senior public servants, including former chairmen of different commissions, senior secretaries and secretaries, have expressed their solidarity with the pro-liberation forces, led by Awami League, and the government. They came up with the move as they met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban yesterday…

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              JP’s Hawlader denied, Sohel Rana accepted

              Hossen Sohel of DOT The Election Commission (EC) yesterday turned down candidature of Jatiya Party leader Ruhul Amin Hawlader from Patuakhali-1 constituency for contesting the upcoming general election, reports the Daily Star. The EC during the second day of its hearing declared Hawlader’s candidature invalid on the ground of loan default, our staff correspondent reports…

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