Hossen Sohel of DOT Left Democratic Alliance yesterday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission saying that their candidates are facing obstacle during electioneering in different constituencies, reports The Daily Star. Candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh, a component of LDA, were not being able to campaign freely in the areas under Jamalpur-2, Dinajpur-4, Dhaka-6,…
A 14-day winter vacation of Islamic University in Kushtia will begin on December 29. The academic and administrative activities of the university will remain closed from December 29 to January 9, said a press release issued by Rajibul Islam Kanok, assistant director of IU Information, Publication and Public Relations Office on Saturday. The residential dormitories…
Abrar Hussain of DOT BNP leader Mirza Abbas reportedly came under attack during electioneering near Shegunbagicha area of Dhaka yesterday, reported The Daily Star. Talking to journalists, the BNP standing committee member claimed that at least 70 to 80 of his supporters were injured in the attack Saturday afternoon. Around 100 people, which he claimed…
Police recovered the throat-silt body of an unidentified young man from Bhennagachhi village in Shahjadpur upazila on Saturday morning. Khawaja Golam Kibria, officer-in-charge of Shahjadpur Police Station, said locals spotted the body in a field in the morning and informed police. Later, police recovered the body and sent it to 250-bed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT: The worldwide debt currently exceeds $86,000 per person on average, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reports RT News. According to the IMF, the US, China, and Japan are the top three global borrowers, accounting for more than half of the global debt. The IMF has estimated that their share of…
Hossen Sohel of DOT At least 150 BNP candidates have been attacked ahead of 11th Parliamentary Election, alleged the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, reports Bangla Tribune. “Two of the party candidates to contest with ‘paddy sheaf’ have been put behind bars,” Rizvi told the media yesterday. “The government has created legal…
Cambodian authorities have seized more than 3.2 tons of trafficked elephant tusks at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, a senior customs official said on Saturday. The ivory tusks were found on Thursday hidden in an abandoned container that had sat unopened at the port since July, said Sun Chhay, director of the Customs and Excise…
Customs officials seized 52 gold bars worth around Tk 2.7 crore left abandoned in an aircraft at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Saturday morning. Ahmedur Reza Chowdhury, an assistant commissioner of customs intelligence, said the gold bars, weighing 6.32 kilograms, were concealed in a box under a seat of Biman Bangladesh Airline’s flight BG-248 that…
A bill to legalise abortion services in the Republic of Ireland has passed all stages of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament). The Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Bill will now be given to the President to be signed into law. The Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Bill allows for abortion services to be provided “on demand”…
A 14-day winter vacation of Islamic University in Kushtia will begin on December 29. The academic and administrative activities of the university will remain closed from December 29 to January 9, said a press release issued by Rajibul Islam Kanok, assistant director of IU Information, Publication and Public Relations Office on Saturday. The residential dormitories…