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BNP chief Tarique secures landslide, trounces nearest rival by over 118,000

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has won the Bogura-6 seat by a wide margin, securing 216,284 votes. His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abidur Rahman Sohel, received 97,626 vot... Read More


Fakhrul vows to honour voters' mandate as he leads in Thakurgaon

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the BNP will implement its election manifesto and "reflect the people's aspirations" if it forms the next government Speaking to journalists at ... Read More


NCP alleges rigging in Dhaka 8, calls supporters to centres

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has alleged vote rigging during counting in Dhaka 8, warning it will not accept results if irregularities persist. At a media briefing at 10pm on Th... Read More


Elderly, first-time voters hope for calm and order at Dhaka polls

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Abdul Quader Bepari came to his polling centre, leaning heavily on a walking stick. "All the friends I had who are my age have died. But I'm still sitting here. I am 86 years old. T... Read More


BNP chief Tarique Rahman upbeat on electoral victory, stresses citizen participation

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed firm confidence in his party's victory, saying voters will thwart any "conspiracy" through the ballot box. H... Read More


Child, two others injured in 'hand bomb attack' at Gopalganj voting centre

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Three people, including a 13-year-old girl, have been injured in an alleged hand bomb attack at a polling station in Gopalganj. The blast occurred around 9am on Thursday at the Resh... Read More


Tasnim Jara alleges polling agents barred from centres in Dhaka-9

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Tasnim Jara, an independent candidate in Dhaka-9, has alleged that her polling agents were forced out of voting centres on various pretexts, raising questions about the fairness of t... Read More


Mirza Abbas's wife meets returning officer over Patwary's vote-rigging allegations

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Afroza Abbas, the wife of the BNP's Dhaka-8 candidate Mirza Abbas, went to the office of the returning officer to respond to allegations of result manipulation at six centres in the ... Read More


'How can they seek power in Bangladesh?' Asiya recalls 1971 as she casts her vote

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Asiya was barely a teenager during the Liberation War. More than five decades later, the memory of the Razakars -- collaborators who sided with the Pakistani army -- remains sharp in... Read More


Election official falls ill, dies at polling centre in Brahmanbaria

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- An election official has died while on duty at a polling centre in Brahmanbaria's Sarail Upazila. Md Mujahidul Islam, 48, was working at the Nazrul Islam Auditorium Centre (Polling ... Read More