DHAKA: Independent candidate Ekhlas Uddin Mollah complained against Awami League candidate Kamal Ahmed Mozumder for occupying 70 polling centers in the city Sunday.He threatened Election Commission to boycott if no action is taken.Ekhlas Mollah told journalists that Awami League-backed

BANDARBAN: All mobile networks have been shut down in three hilly districts--Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachhri-- district on Sunday.The cellular network was cut for security purpose as voting in tenth national election is underway.Confirming the matter, Badarban Deputy Commissioner and

DHAKA: Former Home Minister MK Alamgir blamed bitter cold wave for poor turnout of voters across the country.He came up with the observation while visiting election commission secretariat on Sunday morning.MK Alamgir said that the presence of voters will increase with the time being.The

DINAJPUR: Four people, including an Ansar man, an adolescent and an activist of Jubo Dal, were killed in clashes between law enforcers and poll resisters in the upazila of the district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Masud, 20, member of Jubo unit of Jatiya Gonotantrik Party, 

DHAKA: At least 19 people including two Ansar members were killed in Chittagong, Jessore, Thakurgaon, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Feni, Munshiganj, Gaibandha, Dinajpur, Naogaon and Laxmipur in election violence Sunday.Banglanews correspondents report – CHITTAGONG: A Chhatra Shibir activist was

JOYPURHAT: Border Security Force (BSF) of India abducted three Bangladeshis from Hatkhola frontier under Panchbibi Upazila of the district early Sunday.The identity of the abductees could not be known immediately.Sources said that BSF personnel held them while a group of cattle traders

DHAKA: A truck driver, who sustained burn injuries when blockade supporters hurled petrol bomb at his truck in Gazipur, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Noor Jaman, 26.Family sources said that miscreants’ hurled petrol bombs at a

NILPHAMARI: Two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami were shot dead in a clash with police two polling centers under Sadar and Jaldhaka upazilas of the district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Momtaz Uddin, 50, teacher of Kishoreganj upazila Borovita Dakhil Madrasa and Jahangir Alam,

MUNSHIGANJ: A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist drowned in a pond in Tongibari Upazila as police chased him when he tried to blast cocktail in a polling center early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Kangkan Mia, 28, was joint secretary of Shimilia union.President of Tongibari upazila

RANGPUR: Two people were shot to death in clashes with police while vote-resisters are attacking two vote centers and snatching ballot box in Pirgachha upazila of the district early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Hadiuzzaman Hadi, 25, at Mehera vote center and Mirajul Islam Miraj,

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) has postponed voting in 149 polling centers across the country as BNP-Jamaat activists’ attack destroyed election equipments.EC sources said that the voting have been postponed in 44 vote centers in Rangpur, 43 in Gaibandha, 15 in Dinajpur, 10 in

DHAKA: Guinness World Records has certified that Bangladesh’s human national flag with participation of 27,117 volunteers as the world`s largest one.Guinness World Records authority published it on its website on Saturday.The flag was created on the Victory Day with the help of

MOULVIBAZAR: Miscreants chopped assistant presiding officer in Borokala Bazar area under Borolekha upazila of the district on Saturday night.The injured was identified as Selim Uddin, 48.Local sources said a gang of 7/8 miscreants intercepted Selim Uddin on his way to Dakkhin Bazar School

DHAKA: Voting is underway in the 10th national polls from 8:00am Sunday amid a boycott by the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance demanding elections under a caretaker government which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina refused to concede.The voting will continue till 4:00pm without any

DHAKA: Uncertainty was looming over voting in some 14 centres outside Dhaka as miscreants burnt the ballot papers in those places here on Saturday.Returning officers of the centres started sending letters to the EC seeking directives in this regard.The centres according to the letters

DHAKA: Some 25 foreign journalists representing print and electronic media arrived in Dhaka on Saturday to cover the 10th national elections on Sunday. Government sources confirmed that journalists from BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera, NHK and USA, UK, Switzerland, India and Bhutan have reached

THAKURGAON: Miscreants beat to death an assistant presiding officer by attacking a polling centre in Raipur union under sadar upazila of the district at around 11:00pm Saturday.The deceased was identified as SI Zobaidul Haque.During the time, two police members were injured in a clash

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday exhorted the youth to uphold the honour of the national flag at any cost.She also congratulated the Bangladesh Army for creating the world’s largest ‘human flag’ for Bangladesh – a feat recognized on Saturday by the Guinness Book of

NARAYANGANJ: Miscreants blasted more than one hundred cocktails in several places of Rupganj upazila of the district on Saturday night.Witnesses said miscreants blasted more than one hundred cocktails in 15 polling centers of the upazila from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.Officer-in-Charge of Rupganj

JHENAIDAH: Miscreants chopped three police personnel including a Sub-Inspector (SI) and set fire to Mamunsia polling centre under Court Chandpur upazila of the district at around 10:30pm Saturday.The injured were identified as SI Milon, police personnel Zamirul Islam and Ohidul