The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has expressed optimism about voter turnout and public enthusiasm in the ongoing national election. According to the mission, voter participation at polling centres has been encouraging so far. Speaking to journalists on Thursday (12 Februar
A horde of 394 international election observers and 197 foreign journalists are in Bangladesh to observe the country's crucial general election concomitant with an epoch-changing referendum on the July National Charter being held today (Thursday). Of the international observers, 80 represent vario
LALMONIRHAT, Feb 11: Over a thousand small and big poultry farms in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat district have been facing a huge loss due to the low price of eggs over the last few months. According to the District Livestock Office, Lalmonirhat, there are around 1,000-1,200 poultry farms in the d
As Bangladesh heads to the polls for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election today (Thursday), the top brass from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and National Citizen Party (NCP) have finalised their voting schedules. The political heavyweights are set to cast their b
MANIKGANJ, Feb 11: Carrot production has been bringing good income to thousands in Manikganj's Singair Upazila, which supplies nearly 40 per cent of the country's carrots after meeting local demand. With favourable soil and weather, farmers are making profits of Tk 50,000 to Tk 60,000 per bigha. T
Bangladesh goes to the polls today (Thursday) in what many see as a defining moment in its post-uprising transition towards democratic normalcy. With nearly 5.0 million newly enlisted voters casting ballots for the first time, the 13th national election carries an added generational weight. For t
GAIBANDHA, Feb 11: Farmers have been traditionally producing pure sugarcane jaggery along the Jamuna River in Gaibandha district and customers arriving from far and wide say they are satisfied with their purchase of the natural sweetener made right in front of them. The sweet scent of boiling raw
LafargeHolcim has launched another new product --- Holcim Coastal Guard --- a salinity and sulphate-resistant cement designed for structures exposed to coastal soil and groundwater conditions. Mohammad Mahfuzul Hoque, commercial and logistics director of LafargeHolcim, unveiled the product at a ci
A total of 1,143,845 postal ballots had reached returning officers as of 2:00pm on Thursday, according to data released by the Bangladesh Election Commission. Of the total, 495,551 ballots were received from overseas voters, while 648,294 came from in-country postal voters (ICPV) through the Posta
Army personnel have escorted NCP leader Nasir Uddin Patwary from a polling station in Dhaka’s Shahjahanpur area after he was unable to leave the premises amid tensions with rival activists. Patwary, a candidate of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance in Dhaka-8, had gone to inspect voti
A BNP leader has died during an altercation with Jamaat-e-Islami activists outside a polling centre in Khulna. The BNP says that he died when a Jamaat leader “pushed him” into a tree and hurt him. The Jamaat leader claims that the victim “fell ill” amid the unrest. The vic
Some 32.88 per cent of votes have been cast at 32,789 polling centres across the country as of 12:00 pm today.Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed informed journalists of this development at 12.00 pm at the EC headquarters in the city’s Agargaon area.Voting officially began
