The Chattogram Awami League city unit yesterday (Thursday) urged people to vote for the AL-lead Grand Alliance candidates for continuation of the development projects undertaken in the district. City mayor AJM Nasir Uddin and AL city unit general secretary read out a written statement in this regard…

Participation of women candidates has been always limited in previous parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. The scenario has changed in forthcoming 11th…

As the upcoming 11th parliamentary election is knocking the door, campaign in greater Rajshahi has got a peak at present like other parts of the country. Most of the contestants and the heavyweights in particular have engaged all strengths to drum up support for them in all 19 constituencies of Rajshahi,…

The unusual cold weather is disrupting normal life in the city and its adjacent areas for the last couple of days as the difference between maximum and…

Jatiya Sangshad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP, yesterday urged the electorates to continue their support to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by…

Mock voting of Khulna-2 constituency (Sadar-Sonadanga) was held in the city yesterday. Both male and female voters casted mock votes through electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 157 centres out of 720 from 10am to 4pm. Assistant Returning Officer of the constituency Soumen Biswas Chhanda told the news…

Speakers at a function yesterday called for ensuring free flow of information to empower mass people and make all public services transparent and accountable. They were addressing the function arranged marking unveiling of the third edition of the ‘National Productivity Massage’ at the industries…

Police recovered the body of a schoolboy from Bahadurpur area in the city yesterday. The deceased was identified as Ishtiaq Hossain Nifat, a Class-V student of Vhawal Mirzapur Public School and son of Hazrat Ali of sadar upazila. Locals spotted the body near the victim's residence and informed police,…

At least 180 rooms at the workers colony in Chakrawarty area of the city were gutted in a fire yesterday. The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a tin-shed room of the colony around 4:45 am and spread soon, according to the local office of Fire Service and Civil Defence. On information,…

Workshops on self-assessment held at BUBT UNB, Dhaka Two workshops on self-assessment were held at the Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) in the capital. The Self-assessment Committees of the Department of Business, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Electrical and Electronic…