Schools, colleges closed for 5 days around election; madrasas to begin Ramadan break

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Primary and secondary schools and colleges across Bangladesh will be closed for five consecutive days surrounding the 13th parliamentary election and referendum. Technical education ... Read More

'Five deaths linked to polls, not 15': CAO disputes TIB report on election violence

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The Chief Advisor's Office (CAO) says the figures cited in a recent report by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on election-related killings require careful verification and... Read More

Familiar tunes breathe new life into election campaigns

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- On Mirpur's 60-Feet Road, a rickshaw moves along with a loudspeaker blaring the tune "Vote Diben Kishe, Dhaaner Shishe". A small pickup van follows, playing "Daripallay Debo Re Vote, ... Read More

Supporters of rival Netrokona candidates fined over electoral code breach

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Two supporters of rival candidates contesting the Netrokona-1 constituency have been fined for violating the election code of conduct. A mobile court imposed the fines during a late-... Read More

Chittagong Port cancels housing for 15 staff transferred after joining protests against NCT lease

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Chittagong Port Authority has cancelled housing allocations for 15 employees who joined protests against leasing the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign company. The or... Read More

14,000 selected as primary teachers after fast-track exams

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The Directorate of Primary Education has published the final results of recruitment for assistant teachers in government primary schools, appointing 14,384 candidates across 61 distri... Read More

bdnews24.com correspondent assaulted at JU, phone 'searched'

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Jahangirnagar University correspondent of bdnews24.com, Arifur Rahman, has been beaten up and harassed while gathering news. The harassing students "forcibly snatched his mobile phon... Read More

Mushtuq Husain urges parties to stop crying 'conspiracy' after election defeats

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Senior Bangladesh JaSaD leader Mushtuq Husain has urged political parties to move away from what he described as a culture of blaming "conspiracies" after losing elections. He made t... Read More

Energy Advisor Fouzul says final decisions on power, energy sector graft left to next government

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Energy Advisor Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has said the interim government has sent documents and information on corruption in the power and energy sector to the relevant authorities, ... Read More

Workers at Ctg Port go on indefinite strike over NCT lease

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Workers protesting under the banner of the Chittagong Port Protection Struggle Council are continuing their indefinite strike to push for a four-point list of demands, including the c... Read More

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