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Tarique Rahman meets leaders of two Rajshahi districts
Tarique Rahman meets leaders of two Rajshahi districts

Tarique Rahman meets leaders of two Rajshahi districts

Tarique Rahman, chairman of BNP and prime minister, has joined an organisational discussion meeting with leaders of the Pabna and Chapainawabganj district units of Rajshahi division, aimed at further organising and strengthening the party at the grassroots level.

Remittance inflow $2,031 million in 19 days
Remittance inflow $2,031 million in 19 days

Remittance inflow $2,031 million in 19 days

Bangladesh received $2,031 million in remittances in the first 19 days of the current month of August. The country had received $1,573 million during the same period last year, marking a 29.10 percent rise in remittance this time.

$15,000 extortion demand preceded attack on Dr. Asadur
$15,000 extortion demand preceded attack on Dr. Asadur

$15,000 extortion demand preceded attack on Dr. Asadur

Professor Dr. Asadur Rahman, head of the ENT department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, revealed that he received a text message demanding $15,000 in extortion prior to being assaulted. The message invoked the name of David Imon, a top terrorist operative based in Chattogram.

Mirza Fakhrul gets 11 more votes than BNP's own tally
Mirza Fakhrul gets 11 more votes than BNP's own tally

Mirza Fakhrul gets 11 more votes than BNP's own tally

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP's candidate, has been elected the 23rd President of Bangladesh, securing 255 of 343 votes cast in a contested presidential election held after 35 years. His rival, Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed, candidate of the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance, received 88 votes.

Gazette issued declaring Mirza Fakhrul president
Gazette issued declaring Mirza Fakhrul president

Gazette issued declaring Mirza Fakhrul president

The Election Commission (EC) has issued a gazette notification declaring Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the 23rd President of Bangladesh. This information came from the notification signed by Akhtar Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the EC Secretariat, on Thursday (August 20). The EC issued the notification in the evening after the vote count in Parliament concluded.

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