Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee

Several members of the Awami League Parliamentary Board have questioned its decision nominating Nuruddin Chowdhury Nayan, general secretary of Laxmipur district AL, for contesting the Laxmipur-2 by-election.

Left-leaning Workers Party of Bangladesh, a major part of the ruling alliance, yesterday expressed disappointment at the country’s current election system, including the use of EVM, and over AL’s “softer stance” towards religious political parties, at the party’s central committee meeting held virtually yesterday.

January 24 is observed as the Mass Uprising Day. On this day in 1969, young school student Matiur Rahman and a rickshaw puller were shot down by police on the streets of Dhaka, giving further momentum to the movement to remove the Ayub Khan regime from power.

It was a dream of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which his daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, with her steely resolve, is about to fulfill.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed disappointment after seeing several names of “wrongdoers and infiltrators” were proposed for inclusion in the district, city and upazila committees of the party.

After a lull of organisational activities for about five months amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the ruling Awami League has decided to revive the activities on a limited scale following health safety guidelines.

“All people must die. The human body must come to an end in one way or another; if mine ends following its natural course, where’s the harm in it? What’s the point of tearing it to shreds? It is better to return this body intact to Him.”

“He is a man of dangerous fraudulent nature.” This is how a home ministry letter back in 2016 described Mohammad Shahed, a person with many “identities”.

Facing setbacks in its plan to enforce containment zones in four districts from yesterday, the government is now working to impose a total lockdown in areas that will be marked red and partially in the ones marked yellow in a day or two.

In the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections across the country, the government today starts enforcing containment zones on a pilot basis in some areas of four districts, including Dhaka.

The government is likely to put the capital, Narayanganj and Gazipur in the “red zone” with severe restrictions in the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections in the city areas.

Hundreds of people are stuck at the Shimulia-Kathalbari and Paturia-Daulatdia ferry terminals on their way to village homes, as the authorities suspended the ferry services to prevent crowding -- in an attempt to curb coronavirus transmission.

He introduces himself in different ways in line with the different posts he holds.

The government is likely to extend the ongoing shutdown of most of the public and private offices till May 30 to curb further spread of Covid-19 in the country.

Amid a sharp spike in coronavirus cases, the government may extend the ongoing shutdown by at least another week as part of its efforts to contain the outbreak.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday ordered total lockdown of Dhaka and Narayanganj cities, and Madaripur and Gaibandha districts to fight the spread of coronavirus.

While organisations and individuals keep coming up with support for the poor amid the countrywide shutdown, many lawmakers are yet to be seen on the ground.

The government is set to bear a portion of the interest payments on working capital of small and medium enterprises that have been hit hard by the ongoing shutdown amid coronavirus scare.

The government is likely to extend the ongoing shutdown for at least a week as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Yesterday, the main gate of the mausoleum remained closed and the authorities refused entry to people who gathered there in the morning.