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National election, referendum on same day in early Feb: CA

Next national parliamentary election and referendum on constitutional reforms will be held concurrently the same day in early February 2026, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus announced Thursday to break a political standoff.In a televised address to the nation in the afternoon, the head of post-uprising interim government said the decision...

Chief Adviser violates July Charter he signed

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed Thursday said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus violated the July National Charter which he himself signed.He said the Chief Adviser had broken the promises made in the charter that was signed at the South Plaza of the National Parliament on October 17. He made...

Polls, referendum on same day against people's will, says Jamaat

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary-General Mia Golam Porwar said on Thursday that the government announced the national elections and referendum for the same day ignoring the will and demands of the people."Chief adviser's announcement has not fulfilled the aspirations of the public," he told the media at the party's central office at Mogbazar...

No objection to referendum timing, says NCP, takes exception to signing

National Citizen Party (NCP) Joint Convener Sarwar Tushar said in a reaction to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus's speech on Thursday that his party had no objection to the timing of the referendum."We have no objection to the timing of the referendum, but the government must explain why the chief...

Hasina trial verdict November 17

Uprising-time crime-against-humanity trial verdict in the main case against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides will be delivered on November 17 (Monday).The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka Thursday set the date, amid unassailable security bulwark as Sheikh Hasina's activity-proscribed Awami League party covertly called...

Finance goes tightfisted, trims ADP down to Tk 2.0t

Government's finance authority gets further tightfisted with the current development budget downsized by Tk 300 billion to Tk 2.0 trillion, officials say, citing hard times on the economic front in the interim period.The Finance Division has slashed Annual Development Programme (ADP) outlay for the current fiscal year 2025-2026 and reset...

Make revenue fiscal side a high national priority, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday emphasised the need for making the revenue fiscal side "a high national priority" to streamline the economy of Bangladesh."Without (higher) revenue collection, it is very difficult to fix the banking sector, very difficult to tend to fiscal issues, including social spending," said Chris...