Awami League’s Shammi Ahmed’s nomination rejected, Pankaj Nath’s nomination accepted: Election Commission

Shammi Ahmed accused Pankaj Nath of hiding information about the ownership of Bihanga Paribahan operating in Dhaka. Awami League chose Shammi Ahmed as its candidate for the next general elections, leaving sitting MLA Pankaj Nath. Initially, Pankaj Nath’s supporters said that he would not contest the 12th parliamentary elections. However, he suddenly submitted his nomination […]

Barishal AL’s politics is full of show cause notices, cases and frauds

The defendants in the case are Banaripara Upazila Awami League joint secretary Subrata Lal Kundu, vice president Mustafa Sardar, upazila council vice president and upazila Awami League organizing secretary Nurul Huda, Mamunur Rashid and joint general secretary Professor MD Zakir Hussain. All of them are considered to be followers of Barishal-2 (Banaripara-Ujirpur) MP Mohammad Shahe […]

Nominations of four candidates for the post of Mayor rejected, six valid

Returning Officer Humayun Kabir said on Thursday that the nomination papers of four independent mayoral candidates for the Barisal Municipal Corporation (BCC) elections have been declared invalid after verification. He said although the nomination papers of four candidates were rejected, the nominations of six mayoral candidates, including those of the ruling Awami League, Jatiya Party, […]