New govt assumes
office today
The Awami League-led alliance is set to form the government today amid expectations of the electorate, demand for improved governance, challenges of peace and stability on the country’s return to a democratic system after about two years’ emergency rule.....[ + ]
Upazila electioneering picks up steam
AL plunges into campaigns, BNP fears attacks
Campaigns for the January 22 elections to 481 upazilas across the country has gained some momentum with the Awami League plunging into electioneering in the wake of its landslide victory in the general elections though the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is yet to start electioneering apparently in fear of reprisals...[ + ]
3 killed as post-polls violence continues
At least three people were killed and two injured in post-polls violence in different places across the country Sunday night and Monday, raising the death toll to 13 and the number of the injured to 272. In Dhaka, armed assailants shot dead Nazrul Islam, 32, Ward 56 president of Swechchhasebak Dal, at his Bijoynagar office on Monday...[ + ]
Khaleda denounces politics of vengeance
The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Monday expressed her concerns at the killing of her party activists across the country after the December 29 polls and denounced the politics of vengeance. Khaleda made the remarks as she consoled the daughter, son and wife of the slain BNP leader Shamsul Huq Master of Comilla and sought divine blessing for the deceased. Shamsul’s family met Khaleda in her office at Gulshan in the evening.[ + ]
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Despite the global financial meltdown, the remittance inflow in 2008 crossed $900-crore mark, posting a 40.76 per cent year-on-year growth, according to the Bangladesh Bank statistics. The remittances made by Bangladeshi expatriates abroad in 2008 were estimated at $922 crore, which was $655 crore in 2007...[ + ]
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