Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced the names of its nominated candidates for reserved women seats in the 13th National Parliament. According to sources in the party’s press wing, the total 36 candidates in the list include Selima Rehman, Nipun Roy Chowdhury and Sanjeeda Islam Tuli.
The winners of the 13th Parliament election, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), have taken oath as Members of Parliament. The members of the new cabinet will take oath on Tuesday afternoon at the South Plaza of the Parliament complex. Of these, 25 will be full ministers and 24 will be ministers of state. A new 50-member […]
BNP candidate Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui got 141,253 votes with the symbol of paddy. His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abdullah Talukdar got 71,040 votes with the scales symbol. Bangladesh Republican Party candidate MD Tofajzal Hossain received 1,492 votes with the elephant election symbol. Tangail’s Assistant Returning Officer Suraiya Yasmin confirmed the election results.
The main contest in this year’s national parliamentary elections is between Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami. However, in constituencies where Bangladesh Awami League (AL) candidates have historically won the most competitive elections, the electoral mathematics is changing. There are about 30 such constituencies across the country. Now with Awami League activities banned and the […]
77 percent of the candidates from religious and ethnic minority communities contesting the 13th parliamentary election are highly educated. Some of them have undergraduate degrees, while others have postgraduate degrees. These also include PhD degree candidates. Thirty-four percent of the candidates from minority communities are businessmen by profession while 16 percent are from the legal […]