Bangladesh

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that while the Army must remain alert of political affairs, BNP will not use the force for political purposes after getting elected. “Army members should always remain aware of politics, but must not be absorbed into it. Everyone must stay alert so that professionalism is not lost under the cover ...

The Election Commission (EC) has halted its decision to provide election observer cards to an election watchdog for deploying 10,000 individual poll reviewers on 12 February. The EC decision has been taken after a media report found that in reality, PASHA is a one-person organisation, and is headquartered at a single room of the sole executive’s residence at a village ...

Expressing satisfaction over the steps taken so far as part of election-centric preparations, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said the next one week would be very crucial as the twin elections – national election and referendum – are scheduled to take place on 12 February. “We are satisfied. We are very happy,” Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam ...

Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud on Saturday said there is no possibility of any form of “engineering” in the upcoming election, as the Election Commission, administration, and law enforcement agencies are working in close coordination to ensure a free, fair, and acceptable vote. Speaking to journalists after a coordination meeting with members of a law enforcement–led cell at the Circuit ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that if the party comes to power, priority will be given to implementing the Teesta mega project. He made the pledge while addressing an election rally at the Nilphamari municipality ground this afternoon. Tarique said that initiatives will be taken to develop Nilphamari as an industrial zone through the establishment of factories. In ...

Nearly 35% of the 2,026 candidates contesting the 13th National Parliamentary Election, or 707 individuals, have no publicly available income tax records, according to data from civil society organisation Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (SHUJAN). The findings were presented on Saturday at a press conference held by SHUJAN at the Jatiya Press Club, highlighting data on candidates contesting the election. Under Bangladesh’s ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said the upcoming national election is not merely about electing public representatives but about restoring people’s rights and rebuilding Bangladesh. “The February-12 election would be an election to rebuild the country as people had been deprived not only of political rights and freedom of expression but had also fallen behind economically over the past ...

BNP Central Election Steering Committee Spokesperson Mahdi Amin on Saturday alleged that a political party is systematically preparing for ‘election engineering’ to influence the national election and its results. “Some recent incidents indicate a well-planned attempt to manipulate the voting process. We are also receiving reports from various places that a large number of burqas and niqabs have been prepared ...

Former minister for water resources and ex-member of parliament (MP) for Thakurgaon-1 Ramesh Chandra Sen has died. He fell ill at Dinajpur District Jail at around 9:00 am on Saturday. The former minister was then taken to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, where the physician on duty declared him dead at 9:30am. The matter was confirmed by Dinajpur District Jail Superintendent ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman on Friday said that if Jamaat and its alliance come to power, “injustice will be buried forever,” and justice will be firmly established across the country. Speaking as the chief guest at a massive electoral rally organized by the 11-party alliance at the Jhalakathi Government High School ground, the leader pledged to recover billions ...