Wall Street ends sharply higher with assist from tech
Wall Street ends sharply higher with assist from tech

U.S. stocks rebounded on Friday as investors neared the end of a holiday-shortened week that also rang in a new year, which brought with it expectations of additional Federal Reserve rate cuts and looser regulatory policies from the incoming administration. A broad rally sent all three major...

Fakhrul criticizes 17-year voting age proposal
Fakhrul criticizes 17-year voting age proposal

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday that the Chief Advisers proposal to set the minimum age for voting at 17 has caused controversy, as it could slow down the election process. Prof Yunus has proposed that the minimum age for becoming voters should be 17. This...

BCS officers hold one-hour work stoppage over reform proposals
BCS officers hold one-hour work stoppage over reform proposals

Officers from 25 cadres of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) observed a one-hour work abstention today, demanding the withdrawal of certain proposed recommendations by the Public Administration Reform Commission. The officials refrained from work from 11:00am to 12:00pm in offices across the...

Tarique urges BNP supporters to focus on reform, not revenge
Tarique urges BNP supporters to focus on reform, not revenge

BNPs Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday urged party leaders and supporters to focus on making the partys 31-point proposal a success as a response to their oppressors, rather than resorting to reprisal or revenge. If you want to respond to the injustice, oppression, and suppression that...

BNP reveals 10-point proposal for electoral reforms
BNP reveals 10-point proposal for electoral reforms

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday called for adopting the latest technology in the task to update the voter list, instead of the traditional door-to-door campaigning ahead of the 12th National Parliament election. We want a true and accurate voter list to be prepared. Instead of a...

BNP's 31-point reform proposal will align with Interim Government's reform plans: Fakhrul
BNP's 31-point reform proposal will align with Interim Government's reform plans: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stated, The 31-point reform proposal is not just BNPs own creation. It was developed based on the collective opinion of all those involved in the movement. Many aspects of this 31-point reform proposal will align with the reform initiatives...