A Dhaka court has rejected journalist Anis Alamgir’s bail petition in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Judge Md Alamgir of the Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court-1 passed the order on Thursday, lawyer Taslima Jahan Popy confirmed, bdnews24.com reports. The CMM co
BKMEA President Mohammad Hatem has called on policymakers and the central bank to address what he described as worsening bottlenecks in export financing and payment recovery. Deferred payment structures allow buyers to extract excessive advantages and contribute to large sums of export proceeds re
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been deployed in Mirpur on the first day of the election campaign. The BGB said in a message that the move aims to preserve law and order ahead of the parliamentary polls. The BGB personnel have been deployed only in Mirpur.
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday urged his party leaders, activists and voters to go to polling centres before Fajr prayers on the election-day to prevent any vote rigging. “Many people say voters should stand in line after Fajr prayers on the election-day. I say this time you should
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said that there would be no possibility of ballot snatching at polling centres in the upcoming national election. “The upcoming national election will be free, fair, impartial, peaceful and festive in Bangladesh’s h
