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EC contradicts Consensus Commission regarding reform proposals

The Election Commission sent its opinions to the National Consensus Commission, contradicting several reform proposals related to the election.

We've sent our opinions, expressing different views over 2 proposals – it may be 7-8 or 9-10," said EC senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed while talking to reporters at his office in the capital on Monday (17 March).

Raising some differe...

Dhaka seek no delay in LDC graduation

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Monday that the government will not apply for a delay in Bangladesh's graduation from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) status, citing the fulfilment of many of the required targets. “The transition deadline should not be delayed,” he said at a programme titled 'Importance and Potential of Bangladesh Cotton Cultivation to Save Foreign Exchange', held at the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) auditorium in the capital.

EC meets OIC envoys, seeks coop to make expatriates voter

The Election Commission (EC) has sought assistance from OIC member countries to ensure voting by expatriate Bangladeshis in the upcoming national election. “We’re expecting their (OIC countries) cooperation about the voting of Bangladeshis living in different countries,” said Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaulla after a meeting with the envoys of OIC countries in Dhaka.

The missio...

CA orders police to ensure security for all

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the police to strengthen their efforts to maintain law and order so that every citizen of the country, including the minorities, feel safe.

Highlighting the situation on the ground, Dr Yunus warned that defeated forces may escalate efforts to provoke unrest as the election approaches, and asked the police to stay vigilant and prevent such activities f...

Carney rejects US official’s Canada statehood proposal

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has dismissed as "absurd" a recent comment from a senior U.S. official suggesting that Canada should become the 51st state.

Responding to reporters after his swearing-in ceremony, Carney provided a straightforward reaction to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statement about Canada's sovereignty.

"That's absurd," Carney said succinctly. "That's all."

Tulip accused of using fake notary in property transfer

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has accused former UK City Minister Tulip Siddiq of using a falsified notary document to transfer a property to her sister. This allegation forms part of a wider investigation into the alleged unlawful allocation of state-owned land. The ACC contends that Siddiq, the niece of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leveraged her political influence to secure government plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal New Town project for herself and her family, benefiting from an allegedly improper allocation of state land.

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