M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Gas supply across Bangladesh is set to rise this week as US-based Excelerate Energy will resume LNG re-gasification at its expanded capacity floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) after a two-month overhaul, sources said.Excellence, Bangladesh's first FSRU owned by Excelerate Energy,...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Global food prices fell by an average of 13.7 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to data, as Bangladesh defied the trend by experiencing a puzzling 10.06 per cent increase during the same period.The latest data...
Abdul Moyeen Khan, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, lauded the public for answering the party's call to boycott the 'one-sided' general election, reports bdnews24.com."Your TV cameras tell the story," he said to the media on Sunday afternoon after...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Money multiplier in Bangladesh hit a new high that indicates the taka generated more money than before, saving fund injection into banking system from the central bank.A latest report of the Finance Division shows as of the end of September...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Chief Election Commi-ssioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said around 40 per cent votes were cast in Sunday's national election."It's a rough estimation that nearly 40 per cent of ballots have been cast in the 12th parliamentary election," he told...
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina urged on Sunday the voters to exercise franchise to continue the country's democracy, saying she doesn't bother who accepted the election or not as polls' acceptance to the people is the...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-08 00:00:00
Awami League was poised for a fourth straight poll sweep as the ruling party secured 133 seats until 10:30pm in Bangladesh's 300-seat parliament in the general election held Sunday amid main opposition boycott.The parliamentary opposition party in the outgoing parliament,...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins during midnight to...
National awardee footballer and former captain of Dhaka Mohammedan SC Zahirul Haque passed away on Saturday at 07:00 am at a city hospital after suffering from different old age complications, reports UNB. He was 88. His namaj-e-Janaja was held after...
The multilane underwater expressway Bangabandhu tunnel, first of its kind in South Asia, constructed beneath the river Karnaphuli, ushered in new era in road connectivity and elevated Bangladesh into a new level of prominence in the world, reports BSS.It's a...
Four people, including a child, were injured as two crude bombs exploded in front of a polling station at Hazaribagh Battala in the capital on Sunday, reports UNB.The injured were identified as Amir Hossain, 60, Badal Ahmed, 50, his son...
NEW DELHI, Jan 07 (BSS): The 12th parliamentary election in Bangladesh has gained huge attention in Indian media as mainstream print and electronic media have carried out lead stories highlighting various aspects of the polls. Beginning at 08:00 am, the...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday said that Commonwealth secretary general Patricia Scotland's Friday call missed many crucial issues surrounding the upcoming farcical 7 January election and did not reflect the ground reality in Bangladesh, reports UNB.On Friday, The Commonwealth...
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed on Sunday said no complaints regarding voting have been received so far, reports UNB."Minority and female voters are actively exercising their voting rights. The Commission remains vigilant to ensure that...
As the 12th National Parliamentary Election was underway across the country, Dhaka's usually bustling streets presented a markedly different scene on Sunday, characterised by emptiness and a palpable calm, reports UNB.Voting commenced at 08:00 am and is scheduled to continue...
Awami League (AL) Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua on Sunday said that the turnout of voters in the 12th parliamentary election is satisfactory despite the terrorism and anti-election activities of BNP.
SIRAJGANJ, Jan 07 (UNB): A mobile court sentenced two people to six months in jail each on charges of attempting to cast fake votes at a centre in Salanga police station under Sirajganj-3 constituency on Sunday.The mobile court led by...
BRAHMANBARIA, Jan 07 (UNB): A mobile court in Brahmanbaria has sentenced nine people to different jail terms for casting fake votes in two parliamentary constituencies.They were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven days to two years. A juvenile was...
KHAGRACHHARI, Jan 07 (UNB): Four people were sentenced to six months imprisonment each on Sunday for casting fake votes at Bara Panchari Government Primary School in Panchari upazila.Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate Ahmed Hasan handed down the sentence through a...
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said voter turnout is relatively higher in rural areas compared to Dhaka, and expressed optimism over healthy turnout of voters as the day progresses, reports UNB."I couldn't cast my vote for many years as...
Dhallywood actor and Awami League candidate for Dhaka-10, Ferdous Ahmed, cast his vote during the ongoing 12th National Parliament Election Sunday morning, reports UNB.Ferdous voted at the Bhashantek Government Primary School polling centre in the capital at 10 am.He arrived...
Jim Bates, former US congressman, an election observer from the US, has described the 12th National Parliamentary Election as "free and fair", reports UNB"I'd like to say it's a free and fair election already," he told journalist. "The thing they...
The Election Commission has suspended voting at seven polling centres for the general election amid irregularities including the forceful stamping of ballot papers, reports bdnews24.com.Five of these centres were in Narsingdi and Narayanganj. Voting at these centres was suspended between...
Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) M Khurshid Hossain on Sunday said that voting atmosphere in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election was better than 2014 and 2018 polls, reports BSS."The people were voting freely with great enthusiasm. There...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will exchange greetings with local and foreign journalists today (Monday) on the occasion of the 12th National Election, reports UNB.The programme will be held at Prime Minister's official residence Ganabhaban, according to...
The Election Commission has cancelled the candidacy of Awami League candidate Mustafizur Rahman in Chattogram-16 constituency, reports UNB.His candidacy was scrapped on the ground of violation of the election code, said EC Secretary Md Jahangir Alam at a press briefing...
In a bid to boost the turnout, candidates in the Dhaka-5 constituency mobilised a fleet of battery-run rickshaws and autorickshaws to transport voters to polling centres on election day, reports bdnews24.com.Md Mamun, the driver of a rickshaw hired by independent...
Despite reports of sporadic violence across the country, the 12th National Parliamentary Election has been marked by enthusiastic participation of first-time voters, eager to exercise their democratic rights. This election, significant for its potential impact on the nation's future, has...
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