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Jamaat chief Shafiqur calls on all to seize 'great opportunity for change'

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has earnestly requested the people to believe its leaders who have made numerous promises ahead of the parliamentary polls. He said people shoul... Read More


Election Commission allows mobile phones at polling centres after backlash

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Election Commission has withdrawn its ban on mobile phones at polling centres following criticism and objections. Just a day after issuing the restriction, EC Secretary Akhtar Ah... Read More


Ex-Army chief says 'many Army officers involved in Mujib, Zia assassinations' executed

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Former Bangladesh Army chief Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan has said many of the Army personnel involved in the assassinations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and former president Ziaur Rah... Read More


Ban on mobile use within 400 yards of polling centres 'astonishes' 11-party alliance

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Calling the directive banning mobile phones at polling centres "surprising", the 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami has urged the Election Commission (EC) not to make such decis... Read More


EC assures journalists of exemption from ban on mobile phone use at polling centres

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Election Commission (EC) has promised to exempt journalists from the ban on mobile phone use at polling centres during the parliamentary polls scheduled for Feb 12. The Reporters... Read More


Nahid threatens to besiege EC over election mobile phone restrictions

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nahid Islam has threatened to besiege the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday if the rule barring mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centres... Read More


Nahid threatens to besiege EC over mobile phone restrictions

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nahid Islam has threatened to besiege the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday if the rule barring mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centres... Read More


ACC to prosecute former justice, former secretary over 'abusing power' in housing project

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against eight people, including a former judge, a former senior secretary, and top officials of the National Housing Au... Read More


High Court judges Naima Haider, Mamnoon Rahman resign

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court's High Court (HC) Division judges Justice Naima Haider and Justice Mamnoon Rahman have stood down. Their letters of resignation have been forwarded to the president... Read More


150 police sub-inspectors promoted to rank of inspector

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Three days before Bangladesh votes in the 13th parliamentary elections, the government has promoted over 150 police sub-inspectors to the rank of inspector. A total of 153 police off... Read More