DCs stripped of
authority to
select polling
stations
Deputy commissioners, who are appointed as returning officers to conduct parliamentary polls following announcement of election schedules, will be stripped of their authority to select and set up polling stations. The Election Commission, in its new draft of the electoral reforms, proposed provisions that the commission itself should select the polling stations and publish the list of the centres at least one month before the polling date...[ + ]
Dhaka, Delhi set
to sign train service
deal next week
Bangladesh and India are set to sign a supplementary deal next week on the commissioning of the Maitree Express, cross-border passenger train service between the two next-door neighbours, by Pahela Baishakh. The Dhaka–Kolkata passenger train service will initially begin without a box-type temporary fence on no man’s land on the Bangladesh side as it is yet to complete its preparation for fencing, communications ministry officials told New Age on Wednesday...[ + ]
Govt, people face
hard time: Aziz
Both the government and the masses are passing through difficult times with prices of essential items spiralling, conceded finance and planning adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam, but failed to find a quick fix...[ + ]
Govt moves to
stop foreigners’ interference in
internal affairs
The government has taken a move to update the outdated Foreigners Act to restrict undue interference by foreigners in internal affairs putting the government in an embarrassing position. Foreign diplomats stationed in Bangladesh, who frequently make comments on domestic politics, will continue to remain out of the purview of the law, said the law adviser, AF Hassan Ariff, on Thursday....[ + ]
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Fresh rise in MS rod price adds to
construction sector worries
Prices of MS (mild steel) rods increased more than 20 per cent just in three weeks, intensifying woes of construction sector, which has been sluggish for a year or more. Industry people argue that supply shortage in local market and steep rises of steel scraps and billet prices in the world market were pushing up prices of raw materials for MS rods used for construction works...[ + ]
Teletalk to get new MD
The posts and telecommunications ministry has selected Mujibur Rahman, general manager of the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board, as managing director of the Teletalk Bangladesh Limited, a state-owned mobile phone operator...[ + ]
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