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Nationwide restriction on motorcycle movement to start from tomorrow

The nationwide three-day restrictions on movement of motorcycles ahead of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections and the concurrent referendum will start from tomorrow. Same restrictions on movement of taxis, pickups,

Election Commission bans mobile phones near polling centres

The Election Commission has banned the carrying and use of mobile phones within a 400-yard radius of polling stations on polling day in the February-12 referendum and national parliamentary election,

37 polling centres in Dhaka under risk watch: DMP commissioner

Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Monday said 37 polling centres in the capital have been identified as risky ahead of the national election. He disclosed the

Dhaka to be made ‘safe city’ with 40 new playgrounds: Tarique

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday promised that his party, if elected, would transform Dhaka into a “safe city” and construct at least 40 playgrounds across the capital. “My party,

Seven people killed in North China factory blast: state media

An explosion on Saturday at a biotech factory in northern China has left at least seven people dead, Chinese state media reported. One person was missing after the explosion at

Tarique vows to restore BDR name if BNP comes to power

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that if his party was voted to power, the name Bangladesh Rifles, associated with the memories of the Liberation War, would

12 Feb election a mandate to restore people’s rights, rebuild nation: Tarique

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said the upcoming national election is not merely about electing public representatives but about restoring people’s rights and rebuilding Bangladesh. “The February-12 election would

Bangladeshi teen girl, who was wounded by gunfire from Myanmar, dies

Huzaifa Afnan, who was critically injured by gunfire fired from across the Myanmar border in Teknaf, died at a hospital in the capital on Saturday morning after 27 days of