Rugged road to election run-up

EC prepares to hold polls as per charter, AL on campaign, JOF charts movement from Oct 23

News Report The election commission is agog to hold the polls as per current provisions of the constitution, the ruling party is on campaign trail and the BNP- dominated new alliance charts movement from October 23 for election under a neutral government. Concurrently run some major events on the legal front involving the former ruling party and its top leaders. Former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has already been serving a five-year prison term while the same court Tuesday set October 29 for verdict in another graft case against her. In- between, the exiled acting chair of the party, Tarique Rahman, has been sentenced to life in jail in the case of August 21st, 2004 grenade attack on...  read more>>