Shakib Al Hasan cast his vote in Magura-1 constituency. Voting percentage expected to increase

Shakib Al Hasan, Awami League candidate for Magura-1 constituency, cast his vote at Dori Magura Government Primary School polling station today, Sunday, at around 8:00 am. Local Awami League leaders, workers and supporters believe that their victory is almost certain as there is no strong competitor in the election fray. Shakib Al Hasan along with […]

Shakib Al Hasan gets ‘boat’ symbol as Awami League candidate. Voter turnout is the main challenge

Shakib will face competition from four other contenders for the parliamentary seat. They are: Bangladesh Congress’ Kazi Rezaul Hossain, Jatiya Party’s MD Sirajas Saifin, Bangladesh Nationalist Front’s KM Motasim Billa and Trinamool BNP’s Sanjay Kumar Roy. Local stakeholders said none of these candidates were likely to pose any real challenge to Shakib as the three […]

Shakib Al Hasan sparks political discussion: 25 demand AL nomination on two seats of Magura

Shakib Al Hasan’s residence is in Saha Para of Magura city, which comes under Magura-1 constituency. However, he has also received the nomination forms for Magura-2. Magura-2 constituency consists of four unions of Sadar upazila, Mohammadpur and Shalikha upazila. Biren Shikdar, the sitting Member of Parliament elected four times from this seat, is also in […]

Attack, chase and counter-attack, nearly 120 injured: BNP’s 45th anniversary

Gaibandha Sadar police station BNP member secretary Ilyas Hussain said that the police stopped the procession and resorted to lathicharge without any provocation.Masood Rana, in-charge of Gaibandha police station, told Prothom Alo that BNP men ransacked several shops on Park Road with their procession and created a chaotic situation. Police fired six shells of tear […]

Lightning strikes kill 5 in Magura, Rajbari

Five farmers were killed and another injured after being struck by lightning in Magura and Rajbari districts on Wednesday, UNB reports. In Magura, three farmers were killed and another injured in a lightning strike at Charchougachi farm in Sripur upazila of the district. The deceased have been identified as 60-year-old Nizam Sheikh, 50-year-old Mohammad Ali […]

Mud slide tragedy remembered

Bangladesh do not have any mountain, but is has some hills. The hills of Bangladesh, especially in Chittagong and Chittagong hill tracts region are asset of the country. Hill, forest and sea beach is not so common scenery in the world. But the overpopulation situation of the country is destroying the natural beauty. Most of […]