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Voting progressing peacefully, says CEC

Voting progressing peacefully, says CEC

-- 2018-12-30 13:01:24

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) K M Nurul Huda has said that the voting in the 11th national election is progressing peacefully across the country except some isolated incidents in a few centres. &...

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin casts vote

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin casts vote

-- 2018-12-30 12:37:37

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury cast her vote at Laldighee High School polling centre in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur district on Sunday morning. The Speaker cast her vote at the pol...

Suspend voting at 12 centres in Dhaka-6,  Hajjaj asks EC

Suspend voting at 12 centres in Dhaka-6, Hajjaj asks EC

FE Online Report 2018-12-30 12:13:42

Nationalist Democratic Front (NDM) chairman Bobby Hajjaj, contesting the general election from Dhaka-6, on Sunday urged the Election Commission (EC) to suspend voting in 12 centres of the constituency...

Joy casts vote at City College centre

Joy casts vote at City College centre

-- 2018-12-30 12:06:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Adviser and her son Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy cast his vote at Dhaka City College centre on Sunday morning. Joy cast his vote at 10:25 am in the 11th Jatiya Sang...

BGB recovers firearms, ammo in C’nawabganj

BGB recovers firearms, ammo in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-12-30 11:59:05

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a foreign made pistol, a magazine and seven rounds of bullet from Tarapur area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district in the early hours of Sunday....

Oikya Front to win if vote is fair: Fakhrul

Oikya Front to win if vote is fair: Fakhrul

-- 2018-12-30 11:53:15

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says he is hopeful of a Jatiya Oikya Front win if the people are allowed to cast their votes. He made the remark after casting his ballot at the Thak...

Two die in Rangamati, Ctg polls violence

Two die in Rangamati, Ctg polls violence

-- 2018-12-30 11:39:38

A Jubo League leader and a Jatiya Party activist were killed in election-related violence in Rangamati and Chattogram districts on Sunday. In Rangamati, a local Jubo league leader was killed in an at...

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Laxmipur

Police recover bullet-riddled body in Laxmipur

-- 2018-12-30 11:37:35

Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a young man from a ditch behind Boralia Primary School polling centre in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur on Saturday night. The identity of the deceased could no...

'Ballot boxes stuffed overnight'

'Ballot boxes stuffed overnight'

-- 2018-12-30 11:24:18

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has alleged that the ruling party men stuffed ballot boxes overnight well before the start of voting. “Reports have it from outside Dhaka that votes hav...

Obaidul Quader casts vote

Obaidul Quader casts vote

-- 2018-12-30 11:01:35

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader cast his vote at Udayan Kindergarten centre in Bashurhat municipality area of Noakhali district on Sunday morning. The AL leader, who is contesting the e...

Rangamati Jubo League leader dies in clash with BNP men

Rangamati Jubo League leader dies in clash with BNP men

-- 2018-12-30 10:41:15

A Jubo League leader has been killed and ten other people injured in a clash between Awami League and BNP activists in Rangamati’s Kawkhali. The deceased has been identified as Md Basir Uddin,...

Cast your vote without fear: EC Talukder

Cast your vote without fear: EC Talukder

FE Report 2018-12-30 10:20:09

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has called on people to cast their vote without any fear or intimidation. He made the call while talking to reporters after exercising his franchise at the Ispah...

Voting suspended at Noakhali polling centre

Voting suspended at Noakhali polling centre

-- 2018-12-30 10:09:34

Voting has been suspended at a polling centre in Noakhali-3 after election materials were stolen. Six people have also been injured in an attack on another polling centre. Assistant Returning Officer...

Dr Kamal casts his ballot at Viqarunnisa centre

Dr Kamal casts his ballot at Viqarunnisa centre

-- 2018-12-30 09:26:44

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has cast his vote at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College centre in the capital city on Sunday morning. He went to the centre along with his two daughters - Sa...

BTRC shuts down mobile internet ahead of election

BTRC shuts down mobile internet ahead of election

FE Online Report 2018-12-30 09:11:53

The telecom regulator has finally moved for a total shutdown of mobile internet starting from Sunday midnight amid the general election which is being held today. The mobile operators have been told...

Mirza Fakhrul casts ballot in Thakurgaon

Mirza Fakhrul casts ballot in Thakurgaon

-- 2018-12-30 09:08:42

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has cast his vote at the Thakurgaon Government Girls' School as voting in the 11th parliamentary elections began on Sunday morning . As per a news ag...

Confident about victory: Hasina

Confident about victory: Hasina

-- 2018-12-30 08:59:44

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina says she is confident about winning the 11th parliamentary election. In her instant reactions after casting her vote at the Dhaka City College...

Voting goes on in general election

Voting goes on in general election

-- 2018-12-30 08:34:00

Voters have begun to cast their ballots for 299 seats in the 11th parliamentary election amid enthusiasm and anxiety. Over 40,000 polling centres across the country opened their doors to roughly104 m...

Sheikh Hasina casts vote

Sheikh Hasina casts vote

-- 2018-12-30 08:27:11

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cast her vote at the Dhaka City College centre on Sunday morning. Sheikh Hasina cast her vote at 8:00am, according to a UNB report. Voting...

Democracy faces key test as polls today

Democracy faces key test as polls today

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-12-30 00:00:22

Bangladesh's democratic future undergoes a critical test as the nation goes to the 11th parliament elections today (Sunday). The Election Commission (EC) has taken the necessary preparations to condu...

Cold wave hits country as nation prepares for election

Cold wave hits country as nation prepares for election

-- 2018-12-29 21:34:51

People of the country on the election day Sunday may have to experience the bite of cold as heavy to moderate spell of cold wave accompanied with dense fog is sweeping over the country, said a met off...

BADC supplies 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds in Sylhet

BADC supplies 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds in Sylhet

Our Correspondent 2018-12-29 21:07:21

SYLHET: A total of 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds have so far been supplied to the farmers in Sylhet division this season through the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC)....

Cauliflower cultivation gains  popularity in Magura

Cauliflower cultivation gains popularity in Magura

Our Correspondent 2018-12-29 21:06:47

MAGURA, Dec 29: Cauliflower cultivation is gaining popularity in the district.Farmers' sources said a bumper production of cauliflower has been achieved in the district this season. Growers are also g...

Dr Kamal to cast vote at Viqarunnisa centre

Dr Kamal to cast vote at Viqarunnisa centre

-- 2018-12-29 19:47:57

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain will cast his vote at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College polling station in the city on Sunday morning. At a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU)...

Quader says BNP frustrated sensing defeat

Quader says BNP frustrated sensing defeat

-- 2018-12-29 19:46:23

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP leaders have become frustrated sensing sure defeat in the 11th parliamentary election to be h...

Bangladesh set to hold exemplary election: HT Imam

Bangladesh set to hold exemplary election: HT Imam

-- 2018-12-29 19:44:41

Sunday's national polls will set an example in the region for its peaceful atmosphere, HT Imam, co-chairman of Awami League Election Steering Committee, said Saturday. He also praised the Election Co...

110 BAF peacekeepers leave for Mali

110 BAF peacekeepers leave for Mali

-- 2018-12-29 19:16:57

A total of 110 Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) members left Dhaka on Saturday to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Republic of Mali. The BAF members, including four female officers, left Dha...

Commonwealth calls for free, fair election in BD

Commonwealth calls for free, fair election in BD

-- 2018-12-29 18:57:46

Patricia Scotland, the secretary general of Commonwealth, has called on the Bangladesh government and the Bangladesh Election Commission to ensure an environment conducive for free, fair, inclusive an...

City almost empty ahead of voting

City almost empty ahead of voting

-- 2018-12-29 18:10:58

The streets of the capital which is usually filled with people, even on the weekends, were almost empty on Saturday as thousands of people left the city ahead of Sunday's national election. Many of t...

Dr Kamal urges people to cast vote in the morning

Dr Kamal urges people to cast vote in the morning

-- 2018-12-29 17:35:10

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has urged people to cast their votes across the country on Sunday morning. "I urge the respected voters, please go to polling stations in the morning and cast...