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Govt must switch to 'caretaker' mode: Khasru

Senior BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the interim government must immediately begin functioning in the manner of a 'caretaker' administration for the sake of neutrality ahead of the upcoming general election, report agencies.The BNP standing committee member made the remarks while speaking at a discussion, titled "The...

Stay firm while carrying out election duties

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin has said the officials must remain firm in their decisions and act strictly in accordance with the law, without yielding to any pressure while performing their election duties. He assured them of providing full cooperation , saying that EC would also...

IRI optimistic about sending observers for next JS polls

US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) has expressed optimism about sending observers for the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections reports BSS.An eight-member IRI delegation met with Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md. Sanaullah at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat in the capital's Agargaon Wednesday and expressed this optimism,...

BNP sought impartial role, not caretaker govt: Law adviser

BNP has not demanded a caretaker government but instead sought an impartial role from the current interim government during the next national election, said Law Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul, report agencies.Talking to reporters at the Secretariat in the capital on Wednesday, the adviser clarified that during Tuesday's meeting between the...

US citizen Enayet on fresh remand

A Dhaka court has placed Bangladeshi-origin US citizen Enayet Karim Chowdhury on a five-day remand afresh in a case lodged under the Anti-Terrorism Act with the capital's Ramna Police Station, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Mohammed Zunayed passed the order on Wednesday after the police produced him before...

BNP appoints Humayun Kabir as joint secy gen

The BNP has appointed Humayun Kabir, an adviser to party's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, as one of its joint secretaries general, reports UNB."Humayun Kabir has been made the BNP's Joint Secretary General (International Affairs)," said a press release issued by the party on Wednesday.Earlier, on June 15, 2024, the party...