Evening Brief

EC to send letter to ministry over EVM maintenance funds

The Election Commission will send a letter to the ministry regarding the funds for the maintenance of EVMs. 

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File Photo: Voting is being held through electronic voting machines (EVMs) exclusively for the first time in Narayanganj city Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

EC: Polls to 5 city corporations by June

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold polls to five city corporations in three phases before the parliamentary elections.

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File photo shows a general view of the Election Commission offices in Dhaka's Agargaon Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Pakistan security forces withdraw from around Imran's home

Pakistani security forces withdrew from around Imran Khan's home on Wednesday, putting a halt to clashes that had erupted after police tried to arrest the former prime minister for not showing up in a case against him related to selling state gifts.

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Supporters (R) of former prime minister Imran Khan try to stop riot police scuffle outside Khan's house to prevent officers from arresting him, in Lahore on March 14, 2023 AFP

JS body recommends reducing airfares for Hajj pilgrims

The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Religious Affair have recommended reducing the airfares for Hajj passengers from Tk1,97,797 to Tk1,50,000.

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File Photo: Muslims pray at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in their holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 8, 2019 Reuters

Why fires start and how to bring them under control

Bangladesh has experienced several massive fires and explosions recently which has raised many questions and concerns among people.

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A fire broke out on the seventh floor of a multistorey building in Gulshan Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

HC dismisses writs challenging presidential election process

The High Court dismissed two writs challenging the process of electing Mohammed Shahabuddin as the next president of Bangladesh, and the validity of the Election Commission's gazette.

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File photo of the High Court Dhaka Tribune

‘What about our constitutional right?'

Reacting to Bangladesh Nationalist Party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calling the Ahmadiyya community's recent religious event in Panchagarh “controversial”, a spokesperson of the community said it “goes against their constitutional right”.

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UNB

12 Faridpur youths missing in Mediterranean Sea boat sinking

At least 12 youths of Faridpur are missing as of Wednesday in the incident of boat sinking on the way to Italy by illegally crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya.

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Families of lost youth mourning their disappearance Dhaka Tribune

EC: Expats in UAE to get NIDs after Eid-ul-Fitr

The Election Commission will launch a pilot project to complete voter registration of Bangladeshi expatriates living in UAE will be launched after Eid-ul-Fitr.

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Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

Mirpur-11, Kazipara metro rail stations open for commuters

Two additional metro rail stations have been made available to the public in Mirpur-11 and Kazipara on the Uttara-Agargaon route.

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Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune