- Tigers crush Kiwis
Bangladesh shrugged off a long lean patch and the recent players’ exodus to the ICL to finally put an end to their miserable one-day run with a crushing seven-wicket victory against New Zealand yesterday to take a surprise 1-0 lead in the three-match Brac Bank Series.
Bangladesh, who had lost all their previous 11 encounters against [...]
 (local) - Jamaat to go for EC registration
In a major shift in stance on registration with the Election Commission (EC), Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday said it will get registered as a political party within the stipulated time, and if necessary amend its constitution for that.
Its Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami said, ?We will not give anyone the chance to leave us out of election on [...]
 (local) - AL braces for seat sharing trouble
The Awami League might face strong opposition from grassroots level in different constituencies over seat sharing with other parties, especially with Jatiya Party (JP) in greater Rangpur.
As JP Chairman HM Ershad announced nominating candidates in different electoral constituencies in greater Rangpur on behalf of the AL-led grand electoral alliance, local AL leaders opposed his unilateral [...]
 (local) - BNP not against registration
BNP will sit for a dialogue with the government on October 15 where it will raise issues like registration with the Election Commission (EC), lifting the state of emergency and ensuring a level playing field for all political parties for participation in parliamentary polls.
The party announced this yesterday following a meeting of its “dialogue [...]
 (local) - World leaders strain to quell panic
Governments rushed out new emergency measures in a desperate bid to staunch underpin confidence on Thursday, rallying shell-shocked markets as the US treasury secretary warned more banks could go under.
Iceland, battling national bankrutpcy, took over the country’s biggest bank, the US Federal Reserve pumped another 38 billion dollars into insurance giant AIG while central banks [...]
 (local) - EC worry deepens as HC stay drags on
Worried by the delay in disposing of a High Court (HC) rule on re-demarcation of parliamentary constituencies, the Election Commission (EC) has moved for removal of the stay on the redrawn boundaries to clear way for announcing the election schedule.
Counsels of the EC applied to an HC vacation bench on Sunday for vacating the stay [...]
 (local) - Banks want to activate frozen IIRO accounts
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has sought directions from the foreign ministry in regard to the suspended bank accounts of the International Islamic Relief Organisation (IIRO), which has an alleged link with the al-Qaeda.
The BB in a letter apprised the foreign ministry last month of the requests made by the two private commercial banks to resume the [...]
 (local) - JP to amend its charter to register with EC
Jatiya Party (JP) yesterday decided to bring amendments to its constitution in order to register with the Election Commission (EC) to be able to participate in the upcoming parliamentary election.
JP Chairman HM Ershad yesterday told reporters that JP would participate in the election as part of the grand electoral alliance once Sheikh Hasina returns [...]
 (local) - Myanmar general departs
Vice-Chairman of Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council General Maung Aye left for home yesterday ending a three-day visit to Bangladesh.
Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed and senior civil and military officials saw him off at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport in the afternoon. Maung Aye left for home in a special flight of Myanmar’s [...]
 (local) - Durga puja ends with immersion of idols
The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Hindus, ended yesterday with the immersion of idols in the rivers and sea across the country.
Devotees bade a solemn farewell to their deity Durga and her children Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesh through immersion of the idols in water after inviting her to return to them [...]
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