The Awami League has announced the names of its candidates for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election slated for January 7.
AL general secretary Obaidul Quader announced the names at party central office here this afternoon.
Names of the candidates for Narayanganj-5 and Kushtia-2 constituencies were not announced.
Among the new faces are star cricketer Shakib Al Hasan for Magura-1 and actor Ferdous Ahmed for Dhaka-10.
Obaidul Quader said nominated candidates will vie for the next general polls with the symbol of “Boat”.
A total of 92,595 students got the highest
Grade Point Average (GPA-5) in the HSC and equivalent examinations 2023 under
11 education boards, which was 1,76,282 in 2022.
According to the result published here today, among the GPA-5 holders,
43,230 are male students and 49,365 are female.
A total of 78,521 students achieved GPA-5 under nine general education
boards, 7,097 students under madrasah education board and 6,977 under
technical education board.
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has given a note of warning saying that no one will be spared if they try to destabilize the market by increasing the price of rice.
"The government remains vigilant to keep the market price of rice stable. Attempts to increase the price of rice with excuses will not be tolerated," he said while speaking at the virtual inauguration ceremony of the Aman paddy and rice-procurement programme of the current season as the chief guest, said a press release.
Around 60 percent of paddy has already been harvested, he said, adding that new paddy has started to hit the market.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has lauded the recent
decision of Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers Association (Bafeda)
and the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) to depreciate the
dollar by Taka 0.50.
"In the last several months, we closely monitored the demands for
imported products and their supply. Our observations reveal a surplus
in the current account balance.
Although our financial account is
currently in deficit, it is anticipated to improve in the upcoming
days, with debt payments gradually decreasing," said BB Spokesperson
Mezbaul Haque at a press conference at the central bank headquarters
in the city.