ELECTION MANIPULATION: BNP sues Hasina, 3 ex-CECs, 20 others
The police detained former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda from the capital鈥檚 Uttara area Sunday evening.
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BNP to sue former CECs, ECs over elections
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is set to file a case against former chief election commissioners and commissioners responsible for conducting the 10th, 11th, and 12th national parliamentary elections, alleging serious electoral misconduct against them.
PhD programme at private univs on card
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh is preparing guidelines to allow the private universities to offer PhD programme.
20 VCs under ACC probe
The Anti-Corruption Commission is carrying out inquiries or investigations into allegations of corruption against at least 20 former vice-chancellors of public universities who served under Awami League regimes.
Most parties for secret聽ballot to elect president
The political parties attending the fifth-day session of the second round of the National Consensus Commission-hosted dialogue on Thursday remained divided over key issues, including the method of electing the president and the composition of the proposed upper house.
Debate should majorly centre on more powers for president
THE national consensus commission on the fourth day of its second-round dialogue on June 18 dealt with the process of presidential elections, which came to be adjourned as the 30 political parties that attended the dialogue could not have a consensus. The reforms commission has proposed an electoral college of 505 votes from the proposed national assembly...
EC okays draft JS election code
The Election Commission on Thursday approved the draft of the Jatiya Sangsad election code of conduct, introducing key changes, including a ban on posters in election campaigns, stipulating the announcement of manifestos by candidates...
ACC sues ex-Rokeya Univ VCs Kalimullah, Nur-un-Nabi
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against five people, including former Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur vice-chancellors Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah and AKM Nur-un-Nabi, on charges of embezzling Tk 4 crore from a development project through corruption...
UGC for working directly under PM or president
The University Grants Commission is about to send its recommendations to chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, aiming at empowering it to work more independently...
No consensus on constitutional council, president election
The fourth meeting of the National Consensus Commission鈥檚 second-round dialogue with political parties was adjourned on Wednesday as they could not reach a consensus on the proposed National Constitutional Council and presidential election process...
Govt, BNP should resolve DSCC crisis early
THE prolonged delay in resolving the crisis that has gripped the Dhaka South City Corporation and disrupted public services is unacceptable. While the government is largely responsible for the crisis with its differentiated response to court verdicts, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain, declared the DSCC mayor by a controversial Election Commission tribunal...
NCC resumes talks with political parties; Jamaat joins second day talks
The National Consensus Commission resumed its Wednesday鈥檚 session under the second phase of dialogue with the country鈥檚 political parties, with Jamaat-e-Islami joining the discussions on the second day...
Parties agree lawmakers鈥� freedom to vote in JS
All the 29 political parties attending the meeting on the third day of the second round of National Consensus Commission-hosted dialogue on Tuesday agreed that lawmakers could vote against bills except the finance bill and confidence motion, going against...
STOCK MARKET SCAM:聽Cricketer Shakib, 14 others sued
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against 15 people, including former Bangladesh national cricket team captain Shakib Al Hasan, on charges of embezzling Tk 257 crore through manipulating the stock market in the country.
UK informed of assets of Bashundhara chair鈥檚 sons
The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent to the relevant authorities in the United Kingdom information on properties allegedly owned by Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan鈥檚 two sons 鈥� Safiat Sobhan and Sadat Sobhan 鈥� over allegations of...
Yunus orders probe into organisers of controversial polls
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the authorities concerned to immediately form a committee to investigate the role of former chief election commissioners, election commissioners and secretaries of the election commission secretariat...
Ex-high commissioner Saida Muna faces inquiry over Tk 2000cr embezzlement
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started an inquiry into allegations of embezzling and laundering Tk 2,000 crore against immediate past Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Generation Next Fashions Ltd chairman Tauhidul Islam Chaudhury.
2nd round of NCC dialogue resumes聽 tomorrow
The second round of the National Consensus Commission-led dialogue with political parties will resume on Tuesday after a 13-day break for the Eid-ul-Azha holiday.
EC ready to hold polls once govt confirms time frame: CEC
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said that the EC was ready and continuing its preparations to hold the national elections whenever it received a clear indication from the government regarding the polls timeline.
Khalilur hopes EC will announce election date soon
Bangladesh鈥檚 national security adviser Khalilur Rahman has hoped that the Election Commission would announce the date for next national polls soon.
Govt, BNP should also give road maps to justice, reforms
THE chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus in an address to the nation on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha has announced that the general elections would be held any day in the first quarter of April 2026, noting that the Election Commission would announce a road map to the elections at an appropriate time. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the major political...
EC to announce poll schedule in due time: LGRD adviser
Local government, rural development and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain on Monday said that the Election Commission would provide an election schedule in due time in line with the announcement of the chief adviser...
Local govt to decide Ishraque鈥檚 mayoral oath: EC
The Election Commission on Wednesday said that its responsibility in the case of Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral matter ended with the issuance of the gazette declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as mayor, replacing Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh to comply with the lower court鈥檚 verdict...
EC to restore Jamaat鈥檚 registration, electoral symbol
The Election Commission on Wednesday decided to restore Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami鈥檚 registration as a political party and return its electoral symbol, the scales...
Commission on disappearances submits second interim report to Yunus
The Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances has submitted its second interim report to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
ACC sues ex-Nagad MD Tanvir, 8 others for Tk 645cr embezzlement
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against nine people, including former Nagad Limited managing director Tanvir Ahmed Mishuk on charges of embezzling Tk 645.47 crore by issuing additional e-money through forgery...
EC seeks govt to obtain job seekers鈥� NID data
Election commission鈥檚 national identity registration wing chief on Tuesday said that they wanted the government to make mandatory the submission of NID data for employment in public jobs for undisrupted processing of their salaries and benefits.
ACC asked to seize assets of Tarique Siddique, ex-DGFI chief
The Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize plots and flats of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 defence and security adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former chief of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Major General Saiful Alam, and their family members over graft allegations...
ACC sues Salman, IFIC聽Bank CEO,聽35 others for embezzling Tk聽1,174cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two separate cases against Salman Fazlur Rahman, former private industry and investment adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Salman鈥檚 son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman and 35 others on charges of...
Reform of Article 70 gets broad support
Most political parties on Tuesday expressed support for amending Article 70 of the constitution to allow members of parliament to vote independently on all issues except the finance bill and no-confidence motion.