The European Union (EU) supports timely, peaceful and participatory elections in Bangladesh, EU Ambassador to Dhaka Michael Miller has said. He noted that the upcoming national polls present a major opportunity to rebuild confidence in the country’s democratic trajectory.
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has announced new retail prices for LPG. For December, the price of a 12-kg LPG cylinder has been increased by Tk 38—from Tk 1,215 to Tk 1,253. The price of autogas has also been raised, from Tk 55.58 to Tk 57.32 per litre.
Assistant director of the Moulvibazar District Savings Office, Suranjit Das, has been suspended following allegations of absconding and misconduct. The decision was announced in an order signed by Md Abdur Rahman Khan, secretary of the Internal Resources Division, on Monday, December 1.
Mobile phone traders blocked the road in front of Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka on Tuesday, December 2, protesting the government’s plan to launch the National Equipment Identity Register on December 16.
BNP chairperson and former three-time prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has been declared a very very important person, VVIP, considering her health, security and dignity, Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud said on Tuesday, December 2.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, 79, is able to receive medical treatment, her personal physician and standing committee member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said, urging all not to pay attention to rumours regarding her care.