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...
BEIJING, Jan 07 (AP): China announced sanctions Sunday on five American defence-related companies in response to US arms sales to Taiwan and US sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals.The sanctions will freeze any property the companies have in China and...
CHENNAI, Jan 7 (PTI): Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Sunday said his firm Reliance Industries in partnership with Canada's Brookfield will open a data centre in Chennai next week, marking entry into the fast-growing market.Reliance had in July last year invested...
A major Chinese shadow bank has filed for bankruptcy on the grounds it was unable to pay its debts, reports BBC.On Friday, a Beijing court accepted the application from Zhongzhi Enterprise Group (ZEG), which has lent billions to real estate...
HANOI, Jan 7 (Reuters): Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast signed an agreement on Saturday to set up its first manufacturing facilities in India, as the ambitious company seeks to penetrate the world's third-largest vehicle market.VinFast and the southern state...
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The contribution of knitwear items to the country's total export earnings reached over 47 per cent, making it the top foreign currency earner in the last calendar year (2023). An analysis showed Bangladesh fetched US$55.78 billion from merchandise shipments in...
NEW DELHI, Jan 07 (AFP): India's Rohit Sharma will skipper the upcoming three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, fresh from celebrating the quickest win in Test history in South Africa, India's cricket board said Sunday.Earlier in January, Rohit led India to...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 07 (AFP): Brazilians paid their last respects Sunday to football legend Mario Zagallo, after the four-time World Cup-winning player and coach died at age 92, the final member of one of the country's greatest footballing generations.Dressed...
SYDNEY, Jan 07 (PTI): Batting great David Warner has expressed his ambition to take up coaching in the future, while also predicting that sledging will be gone from the sport within the next decade as players of different countries share...
MELBOURNE, Jan 07 (AFP): Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal on Sunday pulled out of the Australian Open with a "micro tear on a muscle" barely a week after making his comeback from a year-long injury absence, but said he remained positive.The...
Traveling often marks the beginning of much rest and relaxation, but for one soccer club from the small island nation of Martinique, that was perhaps not the case in its recent trip to northern France, according to CNN Sports.Golden Lion...
Ethiopian runner Tigist Ketema broke the world record for fastest marathon debut in Dubai on Sunday, shaving more than a minute off the course record, report agencies.Clocking a time of 2:16:07, the 25-year-old became the eighth fastest woman in marathon...
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