Dhaka June 7, 2025, 6:24 pm
Despite a handful of allegations of irregularities - including shortage of ballot papers, stuffing ballot papers and violation of electoral rules, voting in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections was overall peaceful
Tuesday’s election was being seen as a test of popularity of the two main political parties as Bangladesh heads towards the national election
With Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police officials bolstering security around the city, there were no reports of unrest
Hasina released from the special sub-jail set up on the premises of Parliament Building
The government has placed a loan-dependent budget
PM hosted the iftar for the leaders of different political parties at her official Ganabhaban residence
A three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order on Thursday and asked the state counsel to file regular leave-to-appeal-petition against the HC order within this period
PM Sheikh Hasina said the present govt does not want any return from India
The press conference to be held at Ganobhaban at 4:00pm
Hasina went to West Bengal on Friday morning on a 2-day visit at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Modi
MPs don't hold any office, do not use any government vehicle
Federal Court Judge Justice Henry S Brown came up with the observations
Habibun Nahar, wife of Mayor-elect of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukdar Abdul Khalek
Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana survived the assassination as they were in Germany at the time. Their exile followed the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his famil
US envoy in Dhaka encouraged all parties to stay with the boundary of the rule of law in the future elections as pledged
While there were attempts to alter the outcome of the vote in a number of polling stations, due to low number of attempts observed, it does not appear that they are significant enough to undermine the results of the election
Khalek won the election with a big margin bagging 176,902 votes while his nearest rival Nazurl Islam Manju of BNP polled 108,956 in 286 election centres out of total 289
The voting was suspended at a polling centre in ward no 24 of in the ongoing KCC polls
The voting will continue till 4pm without any break that began at 8am
BNP leaders were embarrassed at the questions asked by Diplomats from 17 different countries including the United States and India. The diplomats were more interested in knowing what BNP is thinking, what its planning is abou
