- BNP’s demand for polls deferment unrealistic: Quader
- Keep aside 33 pc nominations for women: Leaders
- BNP submits another list of 1,002 ‘fictitious cases’ to PMO
- AL to interview its nomination seekers Wednesday
- No way to defer election date further: CEC
- Oikyafront to meet EC Wednesday seeking polls deferment
- Technocrat ministers’ resignation to ‘take effect once PM accepts’
- New election date aimed at keeping foreign observers at bay: BNP
- Rohingya refugees flee camps to avoid return to Myanmar
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Rohingya repatriation set to begin against backdrop of China, India investment
Myanmar is on Thursday set to begin repatriating more than 2,000 Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, despite the United Nations refugee agency…
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Bangladesh Army arrives in Rohingya camps as repatriations loom
Plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar on Thursday have gathered momentum, with reports of Bangladesh armed forces gathering in the…
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Germany wants free, fair, peaceful election in Bangladesh: Envoy
German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz on Tuesday said free, fair, peaceful and credible elections is needed in Bangladesh. The ambassador…
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Number of Bangladeshi students in US increases by 4.9pc in 2018
The number of students from Bangladesh in the United States increased by 4.9 percent during the last school year, beating the international…
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BNP races against time to prepare for elections
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is facing problems as it does not have much time to prepare for the poll slated for December 30, according…
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A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives at Shambhuganj Charpuliamari in Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased… 
The High Court on Tuesday acquitted all the eight accused who were convicted by a trial court on charges of killing Eden Mohila College student Sadia… 
Even though Dr Kamal Hossain, leader of the newly formed alliance Jatiya Oikyafront, wants to involve some eminent citizens in the poll process for gaining better acceptability in the civil society, most of them have so far shown no interest in the matter. When contacted by The Independent, they said… 
A delegation of Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday, seeking deferment of the national election by a month. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement after a meeting of Oikyafront steering committee at Dr Kamal… 
Juktofront leader Mahi B Chowdhury on Tuesday said their combine has planned to participate in the forthcoming general election under the Awami League-led grand alliance, reports UNB. "Juktofront and Awami League will hold a formal meeting in this regard very soon. We've come here to discuss… 
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP’s demand for deferral of the election for the sake of foreign tourists is illogical and unrealistic. “BNP’s demand for polls deferment due to foreign tourists is illogical and… 
Argentina will not rush Lionel Messi's return to the national team but will instead allow him to "finish chewing the disappointment… 
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Invasive growth of water hyacinths coupled with mindless dumping of waste and unauthorised… 
Despite prior steps against unauthorised parking of trucks beneath the Babu Bazar bridge in… 
A huge gathering of aspirants and their supporters assemble in front of the BNP headquarters… 
The development work of Nayabazar children's park going on under the initiative of Dhaka South… 
Heatwaves can 'wipe out' male insect fertility, research finds
Heatwaves severely damage the fertility of male beetles and consecutive hot spells leave them virtually sterilised, according to research. Global warming is making heatwaves more common and wildlife is…
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