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Oikya Front demands reelection under caretaker govt

Oikya Front demands reelection under caretaker govt

-- 2018-12-31 14:35:00

Rejecting the results of the national election, Jatiya Oikya Front has demanded reelection under a non-party caretaker government. Dr Kamal Hossain, the convener of the opposition alliance, made the...

Show restraint, Quader tells AL activists after win

Show restraint, Quader tells AL activists after win

-- 2018-12-31 14:26:20

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has warned Awami League activists to not get carried away after their victory in the polls and to refrain from behaving badly with political opponents. Q...

Injured in polls violence, AL man dies in Rajshahi

Injured in polls violence, AL man dies in Rajshahi

-- 2018-12-31 14:02:08

An Awami League leader, who sustained injuries during a clash between Awami League and BNP activists in Godagari upazila on Sunday, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) early Monday. The...

Textbook festival to be held Tuesday

Textbook festival to be held Tuesday

-- 2018-12-31 13:44:23

The textbook festival will be celebrated across the country on Tuesday, marking the distribution of free textbooks among the students of schools and madrasa. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will...

Observers find national election free, fair

Observers find national election free, fair

-- 2018-12-31 12:35:30

A group of foreign and local observers on Monday termed the just-held 11th national election a free and fair that maintained the international standards. They said voters could cast their votes witho...

Ershad's JP to lead opposition in parliament again

Ershad's JP to lead opposition in parliament again

FE Online Desk 2018-12-31 12:34:18

Hussain Muhammad Ershad’s Jatiya Party (JP) is set to emerge as the main opposition in the parliament again as the party has won the second largest number of seats in the 11th general election....

Modi congratulates Hasina on election win

Modi congratulates Hasina on election win

-- 2018-12-31 12:17:52

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. "The Indian Prime Minister phoned his counterpart Sh...

Hasina set to be PM for third straight term

Hasina set to be PM for third straight term

FE Online Desk 2018-12-31 10:24:00

Sheikh Hasina is set to be prime minister for the third straight term as her ruling Awami League-led Grand Alliance clinched a landslide victory securing more than two-thirds majority in the 11th gene...

Jatiya Oikya Front suffers humiliating defeat

Jatiya Oikya Front suffers humiliating defeat

Agencies 2018-12-31 09:50:50

Awami League-led Grand Alliance candidates were unofficially declared elected in 288 constituencies while Dr Kamal-led Jatiya Oikyafront, of which BNP is the main component, came out successful only i...

AL-led grand alliance takes lead

AL-led grand alliance takes lead

FE Report 2018-12-30 23:01:42

The 11th parliamentary elections ended on Sunday, with sporadic violence and boycott by around 50 opposition candidates halfway through the polling. At least 16 people, including an Ansar member, wer...

Shirin Sharmin wins Rangpur-6 constituency

Shirin Sharmin wins Rangpur-6 constituency

-- 2018-12-30 21:29:34

Awami League candidate Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday was unofficially won Rangpur-6 by a huge margin. The speaker of the 10th parliament bagged 2,34,426 votes in all 107 polling stations of t...

Farmers show interest in diversifying crops

Farmers show interest in diversifying crops

Our Correspondent 2018-12-30 21:14:28

SYLHET, Dec 30: Cultivation of different crops in addition to Boro paddy during the current Rabi season has increased as the farmers are showing more interest in the diversified crops in place of the...

AL candidates win Magura seats

AL candidates win Magura seats

-- 2018-12-30 20:56:02

The Awami League (AL) candidates for the two Magura constituencies have won the election. The winners are Saifuzzaman Shikhor and Biren Sikder in Magura-1 and Magura-2 seats respectively, the returni...

Incidents of violence significantly lower in this election: AL

Incidents of violence significantly lower in this election: AL

-- 2018-12-30 20:46:23

The ruling Awami League has said the incidents of violence in the latest national election was significantly lower compared to the previous polls. "This election was very participatory," AL Joint Gen...

Kamal demands fresh polls under neutral govt

Kamal demands fresh polls under neutral govt

-- 2018-12-30 20:37:03

Jatiya Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain has demanded fresh elections under a neutral government. He made the demand hours after the end of voting held for the 11th national election on Sunday. The...

Hasina elected in Gopalganj-3

Hasina elected in Gopalganj-3

-- 2018-12-30 20:27:54

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was unofficially declared elected in Gopalganj-3 constituency in the 11th general election on Sunday. Sheikh Hasina bagged 229,539 votes while...

Fakhrul terms election a ‘cruel mockery’

Fakhrul terms election a ‘cruel mockery’

-- 2018-12-30 20:18:56

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday described the national election as a ‘cruel mockery’ with the nation. “Today’s (Sunday’s) election is a cruel...

Voting suspended at 22 polling centres

Voting suspended at 22 polling centres

-- 2018-12-30 19:08:11

The Election Commission has announced that voting has been suspended at 22 polling centres across the country. Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed made the announcement after voters went...

BTRC instructs mobile operators to restore internet service

BTRC instructs mobile operators to restore internet service

FE Online Report 2018-12-30 18:51:35

Mobile internet service has been restored across the country on Sunday evening after suspending it for almost 18 hours. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) instructed the m...

Mashrafe terms voting atmosphere peaceful

Mashrafe terms voting atmosphere peaceful

-- 2018-12-30 18:20:47

Tigers captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the Awami League candidate for Narail-2 constituency, said voting in Narail was peaceful. "I have visited almost 30 centres in my constituency and found the atmos...

Govt criticises ANFREL

Govt criticises ANFREL

-- 2018-12-30 18:14:51

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has termed the joint statement of ANFREL-affiliated organisations issued on Saturday "premature" and criticised it saying its comment was based on "misinformatio...

‘Overall voting situation good’

‘Overall voting situation good’

-- 2018-12-30 18:06:52

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said the overall voting situation across the country is good except some sporadic incidents. "If there's any problem in any polling station, steps...

Voters express satisfaction over EVM use

Voters express satisfaction over EVM use

-- 2018-12-30 17:36:55

Voters in six out of 299 constituencies casted votes using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), instead of traditional ballots, in Sunday's national election. Dhaka-6 was one of the constituencies w...

Voting draws to a close amid sporadic violence

Voting draws to a close amid sporadic violence

-- 2018-12-30 17:02:26

Voting in the 11th national election concluded at 4:00pm on Sunday amid allegations of irregularities, including overnight stuffing of ballot boxes, and capturing of polling stations, and sporadic vio...

Voting in nationwide polls ends

Voting in nationwide polls ends

Agencies 2018-12-30 17:01:43

Voting in the 11th national parliamentary election has come to a close. At least 13 people in 11 districts have been killed in clashes related to the election on Sunday. Three were killed in Noakha...

Death toll from polls violence reaches 16

Death toll from polls violence reaches 16

-- 2018-12-30 16:57:27

Sixteen people, including an Ansar member, were killed in election-related violence in Noakhali, Rangamati, Chattogram, Cumilla, Rajshahi, Natore,Tangail, Narsingdi, Bogura, Brahmanbaria and Cox's Baz...

Ruling party men, law enforcers rigged votes, alleges Rizvi

Ruling party men, law enforcers rigged votes, alleges Rizvi

-- 2018-12-30 16:19:47

BNP on Sunday alleged that ruling party activists with the help of law enforcers rigged votes at around 20 per cent of the total polling stations as of 11:00am. "AL cadres didn't allow our polling ag...

Polling agents thrown out or  obstructed in 221 seats: BNP

Polling agents thrown out or obstructed in 221 seats: BNP

FE Online Report 2018-12-30 15:09:55

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday alleged that the party's polling agents in at least 221 constituencies were either thrown out of polling stations or barred from entering there. The party...

Voters face difficulties at some centres in city

Voters face difficulties at some centres in city

FE Online Report 2018-12-30 14:01:11

A number of voters at some polling stations in Dhaka city have failed to cast their vote in the election in absence of either any voter list or any person to help them. Even some failed to find out t...

Polls violence leaves 11 dead in 10 dists

Polls violence leaves 11 dead in 10 dists

-- 2018-12-30 13:46:13

At least eleven people were killed in election-related violence in Noakhali, Rangamati, Chattogram, Cumilla, Rajshahi, Natore, Tangail, Narsingdi, Bogura, and Brahmanbaria districts on Sunday. In Noa...