Govt ensured voting rights of people: PM
Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations AHM Khairuzzman Liton and Ariful Haque Chowdhury took oath of office on Wednesday.
Free, fair polls not possible under present EC: Sujon
Sushasoner Jonno Nagarik secretary Badiul Alam Majumder on Wednesday said free and fair election was not possible under the present Election Commission.
ACC sues SP Mizan, wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against superintendent of police Mizanur Rahman and his wife Salma Akter Nipa on charge of accumulating illegal wealth.
Doctors’ tilt to urban areas leaves rural people in lurch
Tejgaon Thana Health Complex, with its 27 physicians, in the capital’s Tejgaon Industrial Area treats only 15 to 150 patients a day, most of the time having nothing to do.
Polls-time govt in 20 days, polls likely on Dec 27: Muhith
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Wednesday said the election-time government would be formed in next 20 days comprising prime minister Sheikh Hasina and few more ministers.
Bangladeshi researchers invent low-cost cancer detection tech
A group of Bangladeshi researchers on Wednesday said that they have invented a mechanism for detection of cancer through the blood test in less than five minutes at a cost of Tk 500, when currently cancers diagnosis is a long, costly and challenging process.
Punish me as long as you want, Khaleda tells court
‘Punish me as long as you want,’ said Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to the makeshift courtroom at the old Dhaka Central Jail on Najimuddin Road in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi, Sylhet sworn in
Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations AHM Khairuzzman Liton and Ariful Haque Chowdhury took oath of office on Wednesday.
No human hauler on Dhaka streets
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Aasaduzzaman Mia on Tuesday said that no human haulers would be allowed on the streets in Dhaka city.
Hearing of Khaleda’s case to be held in jail
The government has set up a makeshift courtroom at the old Dhaka Central Jail on Najimuddin Road for holding trial of jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia as she was staying there.
