Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday said violence escalated in the fifth phase of Union Parishad polls although irregularities have reduced, reports UNB. “In this phase, there were less election irregularities but the number of casualties is higher than the previous ones,,”…

The Awami League joint general secretary, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, has claimed that the fifth phase of union parishad (UP) elections were held in a free, fair and peaceful manner, barring stray incidents. “Except some stray incidents in two or three places, we can say that overall the UP elections…

Apparently upset, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said there is nothing to say about the fifth phase of Union Parishad (UP) polls as those are being held in previous style, reports UNB. “The four phases of UP elections have already completed amid rigging, ballot…

Two assistant presiding officers were killed when a bus rammed a motorcycle they were riding towards a poling centre on the Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway at Munshirhat in Thakurgaon sadar upazila yesterday, UNB reports. The accident took place around 7:30 am when a Panchagarh-bound ‘Nabil Paribahan’…

Contrary to an earlier report, only 700 not 40,000 Bangladeshi domestic helps have returned home from Saudi Arabia due to various reasons, Arab News reported on Thursday with its headline reading ‘Over 40,000 Bangladeshi housemaids happy in KSA’. Earlier on Tuesday, the same Saudi Newspaper…