Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has strongly criticised at least three recommendations made by the Electoral Reform Commission. He particularly objected to transferring post-tenure investigations of the Election Commission to a parliamentary standing committee and creating separate ind
Business leaders should concentrate on seizing the opportunity of the improved business climate created by the present government, said Shafiqul Alam, Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser, on Sunday. He made these remarks during a press briefing when asked to comment on business leaders’ ple
Passengers on the ‘Banalata Express’ on the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail route avoided a big disaster as the railway authorities displayed a red flag in time after part of a track was found bent down at Dhirasram Choto Deura in Gazipur district. Local people said they noticed that a10-feet lo
Bangladesh has expressed its concern over China’s construction of a dam on the Brahmaputra River during a bilateral meeting held in Beijing on January 21. Foreign adviser Touhid Hossain, who led the Bangladesh delegation, disclosed this on Sunday, adding that China assured Bangladesh that da
Speakers at a press conference have alleged the strategic use of “soft power” by the recently ousted Awami League government to legitimise an authoritarian regime through domestic and international platforms. The press conference titled “Soft Power, Hard Abuse: The Media Mafia of
