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Additional DIG Mohammad Moniruzzaman was accompanying his younger brother who had gone to the Bangladesh Awami League (AL) operations office to collect his nomination papers for the by-election for Jhenaidah-1 constituency. The Election Commission's letter said that Additional DIG of Tourist Police Mohammad Moniruzzaman, wearing his uniform, was accompanying a prospective candidate of a political […]
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 […]
It was revealed that the candidates had submitted their preferred symbols to the election officials and had prepared posters and pamphlets accordingly. Therefore, as soon as he formally received the election symbol, he started the election campaign. Voting in the by-election will be done through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). Among the candidates, former mayor Monirul […]
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 […]
After taking oath, newly elected MP Afzal signed the oath book as per tradition. Afzal Hossain, a former journalist with the state-run national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangathan (BSS), is the organizing secretary of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League. He was elected unopposed as MP in Patuakhali-1 by-election as the seat had become vacant after […]
Former Chhatra League leader Azad Hussain, who came into limelight by filling 43 ballot papers in 57 seconds, has been taken into custody by the police. He is now in the custody of Chandraganj police station. Family members claimed that some people claiming to be members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the police picked […]
The ruling Awami League on Friday nominated Siddiqur Rahman Patwari to contest the Natore-4 constituency by-election to be held on October 11, UNB reported. The party finalized the nomination at its Parliamentary Nomination Board meeting held at Ganobhavan, chaired by party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Nomination board member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim told […]
At AL Khan High School in Mohra area, another polling station dedicated to women voters, only 1.88 per cent votes were cast. There are 2,924 electors in this center and only 55 votes were cast. These two centers polled the least number of votes in the Chattogram-8 (Bolkhali-Chandgaon) by-election. Two to five per cent votes […]
Election Commission MD Ahsan Habib told Prothom Alo that “The appointed commission used CCTV cameras in various important elections including Municipal Corporation, Municipal and Zilla Parishad elections. By doing so, the Election Commission gained confidence from voters, political parties and representatives. We detected irregularities in the installation of CCTV cameras in the by-election of Gaibandha-5 […]
