The United Nations will provide technical assistance to Bangladesh’s Election Commission for the upcoming parliamentary elections, UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka, Gwen Lewis, said on Sunday.
Beards were reportedly placed on demon effigies at 793 Durga Puja mandaps across Bangladesh this year, in what the Home Affairs Adviser described as an attempt to incite communal tension.
The United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Bangladesh, The Rt Hon. Baroness Rosie Winterton of Doncaster DBE, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday (October 5) for a five-day official visit aimed at strengthening trade, investment, and economic cooperation between the two countries.
The National Consensus Commission is set to submit its final report to the caretaker government shortly, Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Ali Riaz said on Sunday.
Tofail Ahmed, senior Awami League leader and former Member of Parliament for Bhola-1, is alive but remains in critical condition, according to Tofail’s son-in-law, Dr. Touhiduzzaman Tuhin of Square Hospital.
Gono Odhikar Parishad President and former DUCSU Vice-President Nurul Haque Nur has returned home after receiving medical treatment in Singapore. He arrived at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday (October 4) evening.