November 11, 2018 The Daily Star GRASSROOTS’ ROLE IN NOMINATION AL ignores RPO, its charter Supporters of Awami League nomination seekers gather on Sat Masjid Road near the party chief’s Dhanmondi office yesterday, blocking traffic. There was a similar situation in the area on Friday when the AL began selling nomination papers ahead of the […]

November 11, 2018    The Daily Star Mash may buy AL nomination form today Shakib backtracks on decision Sports Reporter If things go as planned and injury does not sideline the country’s most popular cricketer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza leading up to next year’s ICC World Cup, Bangladesh might present an MP [Member of Parliament] at […]

GM Quader: Jatiya Party wants polls under elected govt  Tribune Desk November 10th, 2018 Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader Collected He said they are ready to contest from all 300 constituencies Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader has said his party wants the parliamentary election to be held under the elected government as they did not get […]

Army to be deployed in EVM voting centres: EC secy Prothom Alo English Desk | Nov 10, 2018 The election commission has a plan to deploy army in those polling stations where electric voting machines (EVMs) will be used in the 11th national election, reports UNB. “The EC is planning to deploy army in EVM voting […]

EC itself violates electoral law Harun Al Rashid . Dhaka |  Nov 10, 2018 Prothom Alo English        The election commission has violated the electoral law in the election schedule it announced on Thursday. The commission ignored the request of the major opposition coalition to defer announcement of the schedule until a political consensus is reached […]

Mass arrests of opposition activists continue Record inmates in jails Muktadir Rashid | , Nov 10,2018 | The New Age Opposition activists, mainly from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, continue to be arrested in a huge number across the country, which has crowded the prisons more than their capacity. The number of inmates in the country’s […]

AL begins selling nomination papers Prothom Alo English Desk | Nov 09, 2018     Ruling Bangladesh Awami League on Friday started selling its nomination papers among the party’s aspiring candidates of members of parliament in the 11th parliamentary elections. Party general secretary Obaidul Quader inaugurated the sale of nomination forms at AL president’s Dhanmondi political office […]

Rajshahi ‘quarantined’ day before opposition rally Staff Correspondent . Dhaka/ Rajshahi |  Nov 09, 2018   Prothom Alo       The major opposition and Jatiya Oikya Front ally Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleged that bus service from 12 districts with Rajshahi was halted in order to obstruct the Oikya Front’s rally scheduled on Friday. Jatiya Oikya Front (National […]

রাজশাহীর সঙ্গে সারা দেশের বাস যোগাযোগ বন্ধ নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক, রাজশাহী ০৯ নভেম্বর ২০১৮  Prothom Alo রাজশাহী নগরের শহীদ এ এইচ এম কামারুজ্জামান বাসস্ট্যান্ডে থেমে আছে বাস। ছবি: শহীদুল ইসলামরাজশাহীর সঙ্গে সারা দেশের বাস যোগাযোগ বন্ধ হয়ে আছে। আজ শুক্রবার সকাল ৮টা থেকে বাস চলাচল বন্ধ। কেবল ঢাকায় উদ্দেশে কিছু গাড়ি ছেড়ে যাচ্ছে । রাজশাহীতে ঢুকছে […]

The Daily Star November 09, 2018 Arrest spree not ending BNP claims over 2,200 of its activists held in last three days A mother tries to speak to her son in a prison van as police take him along with other arrestees, mostly BNP men, to jail after producing him before a Dhaka court yesterday. […]

The Daily Star November 09, 2018 People suffer as no buses ply in Rajshahi A 48-hour transport strike is continuing in Rajshahi ahead of today’s political rally of Jatiya Oikyafront on November 9, 2018. Photo taken from Prothom Alo Star Online Report No buses were seen plying in Rajshahi or allowed entry to the city today ahead […]

Announcement of polling date: A timely decision or a hurried call?  Nawaz Farhin Antara   Dhaka Tribune November 9th, 2018 Documents and materials, to be delivered to 300 constituencies across the country and used during the 11th general election, being carried out of the BG Press at Tejgaon, Dhaka ob Thursday Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune Chief Election Commissioner […]