Bangladesh

The Election Commisison (EC) has published the gazette notification of the newly-elected members of parliament in the just concluded 12th Jatiya Sangsad election. EC’s public relations director Md Shariful Alam stated it to journalists on Tuesday (January 9). Earlier talking to journalists at his own office room at the Election Commission Bhaban at Agargaon in the capital early Tuesday afternoon, ...

Envoys of different countries including Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) states, Japan and Republic of Korea on Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her party’s victory in the 12th parliament election as they paid a courtesy call on her. Envoys of Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Argentina, Indonesia, Republic of Korea and OIC members countries that include Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Egypt, ...

The oath-taking ceremony of the newly-elected members of parliament (MPs) will be held at the ground floor of Jatiya Sangsad building at 10am on Wednesday. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at the oath-taking room of the Parliament. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer the oaths. A gazette notification of new MPs would be published today (Tuesday), said chief whip ...

The United Kingdom has noted that the Bangladeshi people did not have the fullest range of voting options in Sunday’s national elections in Bangladesh. The UK noted that not all political parties took part in the elections, according a statement issued by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office on Monday. The UK condemned the acts of intimidation and violence that ...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the electoral triumph achieved by the Bangladesh Awami League is a testament to the trust and confidence bestowed by the people of Bangladesh in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s capable leadership. President Wickremesinghe expressed confidence that her wisdom and wealth of experience will continue to benefit the people of Bangladesh. On behalf of the ...

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina along with her family members on Tuesday paid glowing tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after her party’s absolute victory in the 12th parliamentary election. She paid the homage by placing wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu inside the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city, reports ...

The United States shared the view with other observers that Sunday’s elections in Bangladesh “were not free or fair” and they regret that not all parties participated, the US State Department said. The United States remains concerned by the arrests of political opposition members and by reports of irregularities on elections day, said US State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller in ...

  Jan 8, 2024 (BSS) – Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today described her party’s victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election as the people’s victory and said Bangladesh has been able to be an example of holding free, fair and neutral polls. “We’ve set an instance that election can be free, fair and neutral. You (observers and ...

Bangladesh’s 12th parliamentary elections were held in a free, fair and impartial manner, said observers coming from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Ireland, Norway and Japan. They made their reactions while addressing a ‘Meet The Press” at the National Press Club in Dhaka at about 11:30am on Monday (January 8). They said taking the overall situation into consideration, ...

Awami League will hold a rally at Suhrawardi Udyan in the capital on Wednesday (January 10) ahead of Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day. General Secretary of the party Obaidul Quader announced the programme on Monday at a press conference at Tejgaon Dhaka District AL office.