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Govt serious about ensuring free, fair polls: Touhid

Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain today said the government is serious and fully committed to ensuring a free, fair and credible election, stressing that people have long been deprived of their fundamental right to vote.

He said the government would provide all necessary cooperation to the Election Commission to ensure a conducive voting environment, noting that political parties must encourage voters to participate peacefully in the electoral process. The adviser made the remarks w...

Tarique pays homage at Shaheed Zia’s grave

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today paid tributes to his father and BNP founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman by placing a wreath at his grave here.

Accompanied by thousands of party leaders and activists, he also offered prayers (dua) at Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman's grave at Zia Udyan of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city this afternoon. Tarique Rahman last offered prayers at Shaheed Zia's grave on September 1, 2006, after he became senior joint secretary general of BNP.

Inqilab Mancha blocks Shahbagh

Activists of Inqilab Mancha today (26 December) blocked the Shahbagh intersection in the capital, demanding justice for the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a spokesperson of the platform.

The blockade began after Jumma prayers, when leaders and activists brought out a protest procession from the Dhaka University Central Mosque and took position at Shahbagh, disrupting traffic on part of the busy intersection.

Addressing a ra...

Thick fog may disrupt transport services

Moderate to thick fog may temporarily disrupt air navigation, inland river transport and road communication in different parts of the country, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

In its regular bulletin, BMD said moderate to thick fog may occur at places across the country from midnight to morning, starting at 6:00 pm on Thursday and may continue until noon on Friday in some areas.
The bulletin also said that night temperatures may fall slightly, wh...

JU D unit results published

Jahangirnagar University has published the admission test results of the D unit under the Faculty of Biological Sciences for first-year undergraduate Honours students of the 55th batch. The overall pass rate stands at 39.10 per cent.

The results were published on Thursday night on the university’s admission test website. University sources said a total of 22,671 candidates passed the D unit test. Of them, 8,237 were male students, and 14,434 were female students.
Dean of the Faculty of Bio...

Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri dies

Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian identity and culture through a variety of works in both Arabic and Hebrew, has died, his family announced. He was 72.

Bakri was best known for “Jenin, Jenin,” a 2003 documentary he directed about an Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank city the previous year during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising. The film, focusing on the heavy destruction and heartbreak of its Palestinian residents, was banned by Israel. [caption id="attachment_34880" align="alignleft" width="503"]
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