48 challenge EC decisions
A total of 48 appeals were filed with the Election Commission yesterday against the cancellation of their candidacies for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for January 5. Aspirants whose...
View ArticleScrap polls fixture
Shushashoner Jannoy Nagorik (Shujan) yesterday urged the Election Commission to cancel the schedule of the polls to stop it from being a one-party election. “Cancel the schedule of a one-party...
View ArticleConvicts wait for copies of verdict
Most of the convicts in BDR carnage case could not file regular appeal with the High Court against their convictions and sentences, since they did not get certified copies of the trial court verdict. A...
View ArticleSix JP ministers, one adviser ‘to quit today’
The six Jatiya Party ministers of the polls-time government and an adviser to the prime minister will submit their resignation letters to the premier today, party sources have claimed. They claimed...
View ArticleSA prepares for historic funeral
South Africa yesterday prepared a sweeping, emotional farewell to Nelson Mandela — a funeral that will draw an unprecedented gathering of world leaders and luminaries, reflecting the anti-apartheid...
View ArticleWTO clinches ‘historic’ deal to smooth trade
The World Trade Organisation’s 159 member countries yesterday agreed to a global trade deal for the first time in the group’s 18-year history, a move that would bring duty-free access for the country’s...
View ArticleHartal added to blockade
With a 72-hour nationwide blockade well in force, the BNP and its associate organisations have called hartal in 11 districts, including Dhaka, for today and in 22 districts for tomorrow. Justifying the...
View ArticleAnother bus helper burnt in sleep
Another bus helper suffered burns as blockaders set fire to the vehicle with him sleeping inside in the early hours yesterday at Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj. By the time local people doused the...
View ArticleTrucks stuck on highways
As thousands of goods-laden vehicles got stranded for several hours on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway due to a fresh blockade yesterday, police were deployed to escort them through the violence-prone...
View ArticleUN asks if polls can be deferred
Oscar Fernández Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, yesterday sought to know from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina if there was any scope for deferring the polls date, to which...
View ArticleBus torched, cocktails blasted in Jatrabari
Blockaders set fire to a bus and blasted crude bombs in Jatrabari of the capital this morning. No injury was reported from the scene. The arson and explosion were reported on the second day of BNP-led...
View ArticleJP urges UN steps in rescheduling JS polls
Jatiya Party urged the United Nations today to take initiatives for announcement of fresh schedule for the next general election so that all political parties would participate in the polls. Ruhul Amin...
View ArticleS Africa ‘day of prayer’ for Mandela
Thousands of South Africans are expected to take part in a day of “prayer and reflection” for late President Nelson Mandela. President Jacob Zuma will attend a service in a Methodist church in...
View Article2 hurt in blockade, hartal violence
Two persons were hurt in Khulna and Chittagong this morning as opposition-sponsored agitation programmes are progressing in the country over several demands. Driver of a battery-run three-wheeler was...
View ArticleObama defends interim Iran deal, seeks to assure Israel
President Barack Obama on Saturday defended an interim deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program and, seeking to reassure Israel, pledged to step up sanctions or prepare for a potential military...
View ArticleWI U-19 refuse to play today’s match
The West Indies Under-19 cricket team refused to take field against Bangladesh today in Chittagong over security concerns. The decision of the visiting team came after a crude bomb was blasted last...
View ArticleFrench troops reach tense CAR town
French troops have reached the town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic, which has been paralysed by communal fighting. France is deploying 1,600 troops to help end the fighting in the...
View ArticleAL activist killed in Satkhira
Miscreants stabbed an activist of Awami League to death in Sadar upazila of Satkhira early today over land dispute. Deceased is Azahar Ali Morol, 55, of Amtali village in the upazila, said Enamul...
View ArticlePower of the web
Spun from silk, with the strength of steel but with extraordinary elasticity, a spider’s web has long been regarded as one of Mother Nature’s most amazing feats. Now scientists at Oxford University...
View ArticleLast breath of Mandela was his own
The last breath Nelson Mandela drew was his own, free of any life support, in the presence of his closest family members, South African media reported yesterday. “By the time he died on Thursday...
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