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Election Commission to use wireless network to collect results from 108 remote hill polling stations

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- The Election Commission has decided to use the modern network or wireless communication system of law enforcing agencies to collect election results from 108 remote polling stations a... Read More


EC orders tracking of Facebook, YouTube promotion expenses in campaign spending

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Candidates contesting in the parliamentary elections have been instructed to submit detailed accounts of campaign spending on social media platforms, including Facebook and YouTube, t... Read More


1,051 executive magistrates deployed nationwide for Feb 12 election

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The government has appointed 1,051 executive magistrates to perform duties across Bangladesh during the Feb 12 general election and referendum. The appointments were made through a n... Read More


PWD engineer suspended over alleged Tk 63.2mn 'embezzlement'

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Ministry of Housing and Public Works has suspended Lalmonirhat Executive Engineer Md Saifuzzaman over allegations of "abuse of power and embezzlement" of more than Tk 63.2 million... Read More


48% of Awami League voters may shift to BNP: survey

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- A new survey has suggested nearly half of the supporters of the Awami League, which is barred from contesting in the election, may back the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the F... Read More


Police secure four days to quiz terrorist suspects

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Police have secured permission to interrogate Belayet Hossain and Tofayel Hossain Topu, arrested on suspicion of terrorism in Savar and Keraniganj. On Wednesday, Dhaka Metropolitan M... Read More


Jamaat-e-Islami pledges 'safe Bangladesh' in 26-point election manifesto

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has unveiled its election manifesto before the national election, pledging to build a "safe and humane Bangladesh" by prioritising 26 key areas of governance. The man... Read More


Jamaat-e-Islami unveils manifesto for national election

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has announced its election manifesto before the national election. The manifesto was unveiled on Wednesday at Hotel Sheraton in Dhaka's Banani by the party chief Shaf... Read More


Islami Andolan issues 30-point manifesto, vows to prioritise Shariah

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Islami Andolan Bangladesh has issued its election manifesto, pledging to run the country with Shariah law given precedence in the interests of a "permanent peace" and the "total liber... Read More


Chittagong Port at a standstill as strike enters fourth day

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The strike by Chittagong Port workers and employees in protest against the lease of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign company has entered its fourth day. The 24-h... Read More