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Home Adviser asks officials to uphold integrity, professionalism in election duties

Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retd) on Thursday asked election officials and members of law enforcement agencies to discharge their duties with utmost integ... Read More


Tarique set for three-day electioneering in northern districts

, Jan. 29 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will kick off a three-day election campaign in the northern region starting on Thursday, aiming to rally support ahead of the polls. Tarique will leave for Ra... Read More


Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after internal email sent in error

, Jan. 29 -- US tech giant Amazon has confirmed it will lay off about 16,000 employees, hours after an internal email detailing the cuts was mistakenly sent to staff. The email, seen by the BBC, was ... Read More


US Ambassador pays courtesy call on Jamaat Ameer

Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman at his Bashundhara office in the capital on Thursday morn... Read More


Air quality worsens as Dhaka tops global pollution ranking

, Jan. 29 -- Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, ranked first among the world's most polluted cities on Thursday morning. At 9:20 am, Dhaka recorded an air quality index (AQI) score o... Read More


Three months on, a Jendaidah mother waits for her missing son

, Jan. 29 -- For three months, Shahinara Khatun has not heard her son's voice. Her phone no longer rings. No message arrives. Each day, she sits by the window of her home at Bankira village of Jenaid... Read More


Iran dismisses Trump's threats, vows swift response to any US attack

, Jan. 29 -- Iran has firmly rejected renewed military threats from US President Donald Trump, warning that its armed forces are fully prepared to respond immediately and forcefully to any American at... Read More


Protect your votes, conspiracies still on: Tarique to voters

Naogaon, Jan. 29 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday warned that a "vote-rigging conspiracy" by a party has not yet ended and urged voters to remain vigilant to protect their votes in the upcom... Read More


Jamaat leader's death in clash: Midnight protest erupts at DU

, Jan. 29 -- Students of Dhaka University staged a protest march on Wednesday midnight condemning the killing of a Jamaat-e-Islami leader during a clash between BNP and Jamaat supporters at an electio... Read More


EC asks printing presses not to print election posters

Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday directed all printing presses to refrain from printing any kind of posters ahead of the upcoming referendum and the 13th parliamentary electi... Read More