On 26 January, the Electoral Commission published details of the constituency-wise appointments of local election observers for the referendum and parliamentary election. It revealed that a total of 47,457 observers were approved across all 300 parliamentary constituencies. Of those, PASA received approval for 10,250 observers in 127 constituencies. However, the executive director of PASA claims […]
According to police and local sources, the car was going from Sylhet to Savar, Dhaka. When the car reached Haritala area on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway, it collided with a truck coming from the front. The car fell off the highway. All five including the car driver died in this. Among the dead are a 12-year-old […]
On the other side of the border, India had no infrastructure at the Dalu customs station. There was very little trade in the border area. However, the objection of the land port authorities and NBR about converting this customs station into a land port had no impact. Recently, a train has started operating to Siliguri, […]
At one point in the meeting, just before the MLA’s speech, Sathi Muktadir, organizing secretary of the upazila unit, said, “Is the meeting that has been called between the MLA and Awami League leaders and workers in today’s extended meeting a decision of the party? Was? Has the party included Barrister Suman? If not, why […]
Both the OCs were posted at Matla police station in Chandpur and Dasar police station in Madaripur respectively and the police inspector was posted in Kaliganj area of Ghazipur. In the letters, the Election Commission has asked to appoint qualified officers to their posts. General elections will be held on 7 January 2024.
When asked, Ghazi Mohammad Shahnawaz told Prothom Alo, “TR allocation can be used for service providing organisations. The police station is a group of people. So I allocated funds there. As a public representative, it is my legal jurisdiction to give that allocation.” When asked about taking away the AC, the MP said, “I have […]
Over 100 leaders and workers of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party were injured in sporadic clashes and scuffles between leaders and workers of the two parties in Habiganj. The AL leaders and workers ransacked the district BNP office in a clash that lasted for about two hours till around […]
In Sylhet, 55 per cent paddy was harvested in Horon, 70 per cent in Moulvibazar, 67 per cent in Habiganj, 73 per cent in Sunamganj, 58 per cent in Kishoreganj, 77 per cent in Netrokona and 67 per cent. The press release states that the crop was harvested in Brahmanbaria. Ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, Agriculture Minister […]
The dead included Atiqur Rehman Shihab (15), Abdus Salam (32), Sadia Akhtar and Sadir Ali (25). The other victim was a child, who has yet to be identified by authorities. “A microbus was going towards Kulaura in Moulvibazar with some passengers who had returned home from abroad. But it had a head-on collision with a […]