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DMP maps traffic-controlled route from Evercare to parliament for Khaleda's hearse

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced traffic controls along the route the hearse carrying former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's coffin will take from E... Read More


Indian, Pakistani foreign ministers to join Khaleda's final farewell in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Foreign dignitaries including Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will fly to Dhaka to attend BNP chief Khaleda Zia's last rites. On Tu... Read More


South Asian ministers, speaker to attend Khaleda's final farewell in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Foreign dignitaries including Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will fly to Dhaka to attend BNP chief Khaleda Zia's last r... Read More


Voting to go ahead in seats Khaleda Zia was contesting: EC

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Election officials say voting will go ahead in the three constituencies where former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia had submitted nomination papers following her death on T... Read More


Over 2,500 candidates enter the fray in a political carnival for parliamentary elections

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The first act of the decisive post-July Uprising parliamentary election has unfolded with almost festival-like energy. Across the nation, candidates have filed their nomination pape... Read More


Khaleda remained steadfast on people's rights, says NCP leader Nahid

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Nahid Islam, convenor of National Citizen Party (NCP), an ally of Jamaat-e-Islami, has expressed grief over BNP chief Khaleda Zia's death, describing her as an "uncompromising leader... Read More


Jamaat chief Shafiqur expresses condolences over Khaleda Zia's death

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman, whose party was once a key ally of the BNP, has expressed condolences over the death of former prime minister Khaleda Zia. In a message posted... Read More


Pakistan president, PM mourn Khaleda Zia's death

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have expressed condolences over the death of former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia. In separate messa... Read More


Loan default: Top court clears way for Nagorik Oikko's Manna to contest polls

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Nagorik Oikko President Mahmudur Rahman Manna to contest the upcoming parliamentary election by suspending a High Court order that had barre... Read More


Most election candidates expected to submit nomination papers Monday

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- The majority of party-backed and independent candidates are expected to submit their nomination papers on Monday, the final day for filing ahead of the 13th national election. The E... Read More