The Election Commission (EC) is taking preparations with a tentative date on October 23 for holding the upazila polls as per its earlier announcement, but the EC is yet to finalise in how many upazilas the elections will be held.(The Bangladesh Today)Talking to the reporters at the EC secretariat yesterday EC Secretary Humayun Kabir also said that the forthcoming upazila polls is also non-political like the other local polls, but the political leaders would be able to participate in election campaign...
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Shujaat sees possibility of understanding with PML-N
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Q Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Thursday said Pakistan Muslim League-N’s presidential candidate Justice (Retd.) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui had contacted him in person and asked for PML-Q’s support in the upcoming presidential polls.Addressing a press conference here, Chaudhry Shujaat said the possibility of a positive outcome could not be ruled out if the PML-N contacts his party.He said the PML-Q will continue to keep its identity even if there is it reaches an understanding...
BJP woos Chiru's 'Prajarajyam'
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gets set to roll out the red carpet for actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi who received a spectacular crowd response on the day (August 26) when he launched his party Praja Rajyam in Tirupathi.Venkaiah Naidu, Senior BJP leader, reacting to the party's gameplan, tie-up with Praja Rajyam, and about the entry of the party said, "We are closely watching the things. We will decide when the appropriate time comes. We are awaiting Chiranjeevi to make public...
Rifts in SP on representatives in committee with Congress
NEW DELHI: Differences within Samajwadi Party ranks over the number of its representatives to the Congress-SP coordination Committee have led to postponement of its first meeting this week.Though names of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and general secretary Amar Singh had been initially proposed informally as representatives to the committee, there is a feeling in the party that an old socialist hand should also be included to make it more broad-based as far as SP is concerned.Since the committee...
Prachanda says his first 'political visit' will be to India
KATHMANDU: Amid criticism of his move to visit China first instead of India after assuming office, Nepal's new premier Prachanda on Wednesday said his maiden "political" trip will be to New Delhi and that it will take place "very soon."Prachanda, who undertook a five-day visit to Beijing to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, was criticised in the political circle here for visiting China first in a sharp departure from tradition where India has been the first port of call for most of the...
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