Politics

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the ministers and her party’s members of parliament (MPs) not to influence the upcoming upazila polls.  She urged all to work for free and fair polls. The premier also warned that whoever does not comply with the order will have to face the music….

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that the ruling party will invite the BNP and other opposition political parties to attend their upcoming platinum jubilee celebration on June 23. He made these remarks while replying at a press briefing at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi office on Monday afternoon. Awami League, one of the…

BNP chief Khaleda Zia is mainly suffering from four afflictions: liver cirrhosis, arthritis, stents in her arteries and diabetes. Among these, liver complications are the most critical and could potentially lead to significant issues at any moment. As a result of this, Khaleda Zia frequently requires hospital visits, according to an official at the BNP…

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected US President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” was hobbling the South Asian nation’s economic growth, The Economic Times reported yesterday. Jaishankar said at a round table hosted by the newspaper on Friday that India’s economy “is not faltering” and that it has historically been a society that is very…

One soldier was killed and four injured as an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district was ambushed on Saturday, three weeks before polling in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. Officials said five security personnel were injured, two of them critically, when four militants opened fire on IAF vehicles moving towards…