EC set to unveil schedule today

The Election Commission announces the schedule for the 11th parliamentary polls today amid support from the ruling Awami League and strong opposition from Jatiya Oikyafront, comprising the BNP and several other parties.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Talks end, thorny issues unresolved

The weeklong talks between the ruling alliance and opposition parties ended yesterday, but all the major contentious issues that have created uncertainty ahead of the election remain unsettled.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Project approval spree continues

The government yesterday approved 28 projects involving Tk 30,234 crore.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

US midterm elections: Voters deliver mixed verdict

A defiant President Donald Trump yesterday shrugged off the loss of the House of Representatives as Washington braced for the prospects of partisan warfare after US voters delivered a mixed verdict in a hard-fought midterm election.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Ctg city BNP president ‘picked up’

BNP alleges that plain cloth cops “picked up” its Chattogram city unit president from Dhaka.
7 November 2018, 14:12 PM

Oikyafront postpones road march, to hold rally in Rajshahi Nov 9

Jatiya Oikyafront has postponed its tomorrow’s road march programme towards Rajshahi.
7 November 2018, 13:40 PM

Govt to support EC's decisions: HT Imam

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Political Adviser HT Imam says that only Election Commission has the right to take decisions regarding the election schedule and the government will support its every decision.
7 November 2018, 12:41 PM

Hasina won’t violate constitution: Quader

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not violate constitution in holding the general elections, her party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.
7 November 2018, 08:35 AM

EC orders to send polling materials to field level Nov 8

The Election Commission (EC) has issued an official letter asking the authorities concerned to send nomination forms and other polling materials to field level on November 8.
7 November 2018, 07:17 AM

Ershad-alliance for immediate polls-schedule

Jatiya Party’s alliance presses the Election Commission for immediate announcement of election schedule. United National Alliance (UNA) conveys the pressure at a meeting with election commissioners at the commission’s Agargaon office.
7 November 2018, 06:19 AM

Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib become first Muslim women in US Congress

A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants share the historic distinction of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress.
7 November 2018, 05:10 AM

We are still in movement: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says Jatiya Oikyafront will continue movement to press home their demands including dissolution of parliament ahead of the national election.
7 November 2018, 04:28 AM

Passengers suffer as cops stop and search buses

In an apparent attempt to prevent city's Suhrawardy Udyan-bound Jatiya Oikyafront leaders and activists from joining its rally, police yesterday checked every bus at all entry points on the city, while the Narayanganj to Dhaka train service remained halted for over six hours, causing passengers to suffer.
6 November 2018, 18:00 PM

The ball now in PM's court

Leftist parties in talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last night demanded that parliament be dissolved and the election be held under a neutral caretaker government.
6 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Movement if talks fail

Jatiya Oikyafront has threatened to intensify agitation through a series of programmes, including a road march towards Rajshahi from the capital tomorrow, if the ruling Awami League does not accept its proposals in their second round of parley today.
6 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Don't defer polls schedule declaration

Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Juktofront yesterday demanded that the election commission (EC) does not defer schedule for the 11th parliament election under pressure from any political alliance.
6 November 2018, 18:00 PM

US votes in midterm polls

After a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over race, immigration and other cultural issues, Americans yesterday voted to determine the balance of power in the US Congress and shape the future of Donald Trump's presidency.
6 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Four technocrat ministers resign

All four technocrat ministers in Sheikh Hasina's cabinet tendered their resignation to the Cabinet Division yesterday, hours after the prime minister asked them to step down.
6 November 2018, 18:00 PM

US voters give verdict on Trump as control of Congress at stake

After a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over race, immigration and other cultural issues, Americans vote to determine the balance of power in the US Congress and shape the future of Donald Trump's presidency.
6 November 2018, 17:28 PM

11-member Oikyafront team to join talks with PM

An 11-member delegation of Jatiya Oikyafront is to sit for dialogue with Awami League-led 14-party alliance tomorrow over the next general election.
6 November 2018, 16:11 PM