Locals heard firing sound from Jamtala Uttarpara border area at around 8 am and a Bangladeshi was killed in BSF firing while bringing sugar from India, Abul Kashim, a member of the local Union Parishad, said. Abul Kashim further said that he along with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Shankachail camp went to the […]
Tehseen Bahar wins Cumilla city by-election
Among other candidates, Awami League's Kamilla city unit advisor Noor-ur-Rehman Mahmood got 5,173 votes, while Swachhashbak Dal's former Kamilla city unit president Nizam Uddin got 13,155 votes. The voting rate in the election was 38.82 percent, while the total number of voters was 242,458. Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used at all polling stations.
Mohammad Nizamuddin said, “Supporters of another mayoral candidate Tehseen Bahar (Bas) are blocking voters at various places and attacking our supporters. Our supporters were shot at Munshi M Ali High School polling booth in Ward 19 and are hospitalized. Locals said a leader of the Cumilla city unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League opened fire […]
Cumilla City Awami League has finalized the name of Tehseen Bahar as the ‘sole candidate’ in the by-election for the post of Mayor of Cumilla City Corporation. Party leaders said the decision was taken at an extended meeting of the city Awami League held at the Comilla District Shilpakala Academy auditorium last (Thursday) night. Tehseen […]
The Election Commissioner also told the media that electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used in voting in the two municipal corporations. He said that the Upazila Parishad elections will be conducted in several phases and the first elections are likely to be held by April 30. Arfanul Haq was elected Mayor of Cumilla City […]
