Ban Ki-moon phones Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday expressed her hope that UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon would suggest the BNP to ‘return to the democratic politics shunning the path of terrorist and militant activities,’ reports United News of Bangladesh.
Khaleda informs Sharmen about ‘vote fraud’
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Friday informed US under secretary of state for political affairs Wendy Sherman about the ‘vote fraud’ in Tuesday’s elections to three major city corporations and provided her with documents in this regard, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Grieving Tamim hits record ton
Tamim Iqbal put his personal grief behind him to score a brilliant century to boost Bangladesh’s chance of achieving a draw in the first Test against Pakistan in Khulna on Friday.
Nepal earthquake: Frustration mounts over relief effort
Frustration is growing in parts of rural Nepal over the pace of relief efforts, with some badly-affected villages yet to receive any assistance.
4 killed in Kushtia road accident
At least four people were killed and 30 more injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Noy Mile of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia early Thursday, United News of Bangladesh reports.
BRTC leaves 32 inter dist routes to pvt operators
State run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has been facing obstructions from private bus operators in opening and continuing its bus service on inter-district routes, said officials. In last five years, BRTC was compelled to wind up its bus service from at least 32 inter-district routes to facilitate monopoly business of private bus companies, said the officials.
People hired as Ansars clash with police over poll day pay
At least seven people who were hired to serve as Ansar members during the elections were injured when police fired blanks and charged batons on members who were demonstrating at the capital’s Darussalam area Wednesday evening in demand for dues from electoral duties.
Indonesia executes drug traffickers, sparks anger from Australia, Brazil.
An Indonesian firing squad executed eight drug traffickers, including seven foreigners, in the early hours of Wednesday, sparking condemnation from Australia and Brazil who had made final,
AL rivals clash for controlling vote rigging.
The activists of rival candidates from ruling Awami League clashed each others at several polling stations in three city corporation elections in the capital and Chittagong in a bid to rig votes and occupy centres.
