Monjila Jhuma becomes latest NCP leader to pull out of election race

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Monjila Jhuma has become the latest National Citizen Party (NCP) leader to pull out of the upcoming parliamentary elections, adding to a series of withdrawals from the youth-led part... 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

Ruhul Amin, Firoz Rashid skip polls as Jatiya Party split deepens ahead of election

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader, secretary general of one faction of the Jatiya Party, and senior co-chairman Kazi Firoz Rashid have withdrawn from the parliamentary elections, party leaders... 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

Two 'student advisors' rule themselves out of election

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Two former student advisors to the interim government, both drawn from the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, have confirmed they will not stand in the parliamentary election. As... Read More

Man detained at Inqilab Moncho rally for carrying 'firearm', later found to be 'toy pistol'

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Police have detained a youth at the Inqilab Moncho's rally in Shahbagh, initially reported by some protesters on social media as an "armed individual". The incident occurred around ... Read More

Death rates in hybrids 'three times higher' than petrol cars, data shows

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- UK newspapers have reported, citing official data, that motorists in hybrid cars are three times more likely to die than those in petrol cars. Analysing figures from the Department ... Read More

Dhaka-bound train derails after track removal in Gafargaon

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- A Dhaka-bound passenger train has derailed in Mymensingh's Gafargaon after sections of the railway track were removed. The engine and two coaches of the Agnibina Express ran off the... Read More

Jatiya Party's Anwar Hossain Manju withdraws from election

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju has withdrawn from the parliamentary elections, choosing not to submit his nomination papers. He had collected nomination papers for t... Read More

RUCSU GS Ammar calls for University Teachers' Network to be shut down

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Rajshahi University Central Student Union General Secretary Salahuddin Ammar has called for the University Teachers' Network to be shut down. He made this call in response to a stat... Read More

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