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Rizvi meets US embassy official
03:07 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has met a US embassy official.
Mahathir named Muslim Man of the Year
01:10 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayDr Mahathir Mohamad was named the Muslim Man of the Year in this year’s The Muslim 500...
Modi phones Hasina, congratulates for AL’s landslide victory in polls
12:32 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today phoned Bangladesh Premier and Awami League...
11th general polls a ‘bright example’ in nat’l life: EC Secy
12:15 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayElection Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed today said the 11th parliamentary...
Indonesia’s latest tsunami raises global questions over disaster preparedness
11:32 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayAs Indonesia reels from the carnage of yet another natural disaster, authorities...
Israeli scientists find flowers can hear insects
09:44 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayAn Israeli research found that the night-primrose flowers, exposed to the sounds...
Fakhrul wins Bogura-6 constituency, defeated in Thakurgaon-1
08:50 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected unofficially from...
Mashrafe wins Narail-2 seat
08:32 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayBangladesh ODI cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was elected unofficially by a...
Massive victory for Sheikh Hasina-led grand alliance
08:12 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayThe Awami League-led Grand Alliance clinched a landslide victory with over two thirds majority in the 11th general elections amid festivity giving the Grand Alliance yet another chance to form the government for the third consecutive terms.
Voting postponed at 22 centres: EC secy
07:53 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayVoting was postponed at 22 polling stations across the country on various charges, Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said on Sunday.
MOFA terms ANFREL statement biased, stating polls free, fair
07:36 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayThe Ministry of Foreign affairs (MOFA) today termed the Joint Statement of ANFREL-affiliated...
JSD seeks re-election under caretaker govt
06:49 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayJatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) general secretary Abdul Malek Roton sought re-election under the caretaker government.
Voting taking place smoothly: foreign observers
05:38 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayA team of foreign and local election observers said voting in the 11th parliamentary polls today...
Polls end, vote counting on
04:21 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayThe voting for the 11th national parliamentary election has ended. The balloting began at 8am and finished at 4am on Sunday . A total of 16 people has died in election violence so far. At least 50 candidates withdrawn from the contest.
UK envoy says no statement
03:48 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayAlison Bleak, a United Kingdom high commissioner to Bangladesh, has visited several polling centres in Dhaka 13 constituency this noon.
Jammat candidates withdraw from polls
03:14 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayAlleging vote manipulation, Jamaat-e-Islami, a member of the BNP-led 20-Party Alliance, has withdrawn from the contest.
Abbas couple decide to abstain from voting
02:18 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidates for Dhaka 8 and 9 Mirza Abbas and his wife decided to abstain from voting following many allegations.
16 killed in polls violence
02:01 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayAt least sixteen people were killed across the country in the polls violence on Sunday. In Rangamati, a local Juba League leader was killed and ten others injured in a clash between BNP and Awami League at Kawkhali upazila in Rangamati. The deceased was identified as Basir Uddin, General Secretary of Ghaghra union Juba League in the upazila...
Noted filmmaker Mrinal Sen dies at 95
01:47 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayLegendary Indian filmmaker and Padmabhushan awardee, Mrinal Sen has died in Kolkata; he was 95...
Voting progressing peacefully: CEC
01:20 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayThe Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) K M Nurul Huda said voting of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad election is progressing peacefully across the country except some stray incidents in a few centres. “Voting is continuing peacefully except some stray incidents in a few centres in Chattogram and Noakhali,” said the CEC while talking to journalists after casting his vote at Uttara this morning...