Bangladesh

Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna has announced his withdrawal decision from the electoral race in the Dhaka-18 constituency, three days before the national election. He informed the matter in a post on his verified Facebook page around 12:30AM on Monday. Manna wrote, ”I am now in Bogura. Dhaka-18 is a very large constituency. The election there is so expensive. ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that BNP will always protect the rights of all people, regardless of religion, especially that of women. “I firmly believe that no one is a minority in this country. There are no minorities in this country. Everyone is a citizen of Bangladesh. Therefore, there is no reason to be afraid. ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has announced that if the 11-party alliance wins the 13th national parliamentary election, Nahid Islam, the Dhaka-11 constituency candidate and convener of the NCP, will be made a minister. He made the announcement on Sunday at an election rally in the capital’s Badda. ”Young friends, get ready to take responsibility for Bangladesh. We have ...

Jatiya Nagarik Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Sunday said that if February 12 fails, then August 5 will also be considered a failure. ”Just as we made August 5 successful, we will also make February 12 successful. InShaAllah, we will return home with victory on February 12,” he said while addressing a rally in Dhaka’s Badda this morning. Nahid ...

Akhtar Hossain, Member Secretary of National Citizen Party (NCP) and the 11-party alliance candidate for Rangpur-4 (Kaunia-Pirgachha) constituency, has received a death threat, according to a general diary (GD) filed at Pirgacha Police Station. The GD, lodged on Saturday night, states that while campaigning at Kishamat village of Chaula Union around 5:30 pm, Hossain received a threatening call from an ...

Electioneering by contesting candidates in the 13th National Parliament Election and Referendum, scheduled for 12 February, will conclude at 7:30am on Tuesday, exactly 48 hours before voting begins. The campaign, which started on 22 January, will end in line with electoral rules requiring all political parties and candidates to cease campaign activities two days prior to polling. Election Commission (EC) ...

Members of the army and other law enforcement agencies are being deployed across the country from today ahead of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad Election and Referendum scheduled for 12 February. The deployment will continue for seven days – four days before polling, on election day, and three days after – until 14 February. Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud said that ...

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 ...