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bdnews24.com : Areas prone to post-election violence have been identified and security strengthened there, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hassan Mahmood Khandker. He was speaking to reporters after visiting the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital at noon on Tuesday. “Law enforcing agencies have identified the areas which are vulnerable to violence after election. Precautions have been taken in these regions to prevent sabotage.” “Law enforcers fulfilled the call to duty with sincerity and courage in the...

UNB, Dhaka : The voter turnout in the general election in 139 constituencies was 39.83 percent, the Election Commission Secretariat sources said on Tuesday, two days after the January-5 parliamentary elections were held on Sunday. The commission on Sunday announced unofficially elected the candidates in 139 constituencies out of 147 where voting was held. The commission could not announce the final results of eight other parliamentary seats as re-voting in 392 polling stations will be needed which will be held...

UNB, Narsingdi : A gang of robbers looted valuables worth about Tk 5 lakh from three staff quarters of Palli Bidyut Samity at Morjal in Raipura upazila early Tuesday. Office-in-Charge of Raipura Police Station Mahbub said a gang of 10-15 robbers swooped on the quarters of the Palli Bidyut Samity-2 office of the upazila around 2am and looted the valuables. During the robbery, the bandits tied up three ansar members who were guarding the quarters after snatching their firearms. However,...

Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jun will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office on Saturday evening. Khaleda is going to her Gulshan office after 14 days. Her adviser Sabih Uddin Ahmed told bdnews24.com that the meeting with the Chinese envoy was scheduled at 7.30pm. The meeting is the first between the two after the Jan 5 elections in which BNP did not participate and more than half of the seats returned winners uncontested. The Awami League is...

UNB, Tungipara : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreath at the Mazar of Bangabandhu here after her assumption of office for the 3rd time. Hasina first placed a wreath at the Mazar as the Prime Minister. After placing the wreath, she stood there for some time as a mark of respect to the great leader.A smartly turned out contingent of Bangladesh armed forces gave a...

Court Correspondent : The Metropolitan Sessions Judges’ Court of Dhaka on Wednesday fixed January 30 to hear the bail pleas of BNP Standing Committee members MK Anwar, Barrister Moudud Ahmed and four others in two cases.Dhaka’s Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jahurul Haque gave the orders after hearing on the bail petitions. Earlier, on January 9, a Magistrate of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court rejected bail petitions of the six BNP leaders. Wednesday’s bail petition was an appeal against that...

UNB, Dhaka : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is likely to file a case against five officials of a MLM company on charge of swindling nearly Tk 33 crore of the investors’ money.The Commission has already given clearance to file a case against five officials of Aimway Corporation, a multi-level marketing (MLM) company, for swindling investors’ money. The case will be filed with Paltan Police Station on Thursday, an ACC inquiry officer told reporters on Wednesday.He said the five officials of...