Gazipur, Khulna city poll candidates get electoral symbols

The Election Commission (EC) distributed on Tuesday the electoral symbols among the candidates of Gazipur and Khulna city corporation polls billed for May 15, report agencies.In Gazipur, Returning Officer Rakib Uddin Mandal distributed the symbols among the candidates from 10:00 in the morning at temporary office of the Returning Officer...

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AL doesn't expect foreign forces to interfere in polls

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday his party does not expect any foreign interference in the next general election as the people are the source of strength of the party, reports BSS."People are our source of power. People will decide on who will run the country,"...

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Pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers sweep RUTA elections

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, April 24: The BNP and Jamaat-backed White Panel has swept the Rajshahi University Teachers' Association (RUTA) polls held on Monday.A majority of the posts of the dean, syndicate, planning and development committee, finance committee and academic council have gone to the panel while its counterpart ruling Awami League...

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ACC summons Bachchu, Tabith Awal, AK Azad over graft charges

The national anti-graft agency summoned separately on Tuesday former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu, BNP executive committee member Tabith Awal and Ha-Meem Group managing director AK Azad over graft allegations.The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) asked them to appear before its headquarters in the city's Segunbagicha on May 7, 8...

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Political parties pay homage to 'Khapra Ward' martyrs

RAJSHAHI, Apr 24 (BSS): The historic 'Khapra Ward Day' was observed on Tuesday at Rajshahi Central Jail and in the city paying rich tributes to seven communist political leaders who were shot to death in the jail in 1950.Marking the day, general secretary of the Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB)...

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