Rizwana Hasan said that in response to the host’s question, she had said, “The way women in the society protested against those making derogatory comments, gave legal notices and the government also put forth its point, they ultimately apologised. We (women in the society) should work to ensure that the extremist forces making such derogatory […]
BNP candidate Mohammad Nasir Chaudhary is leading in Sunamganj-2 constituency (Dirai and Shalla). Jamaat candidate from the assembly constituency Mohammad Shishir Monir has congratulated him. In a post on his verified Facebook page just before 8:30 pm on Thursday, Shishir Monir wrote, “Congratulations to Paddy candidate Nasir Uddin Choudhary on winning in my constituency. My […]
Various election-focused political analyzes have highlighted one key point – voters have never seen Jamaat ruling the country independently and hence have not been tested by its success or failure in office. In contrast, some recent actions of the BNP have generated public discontent. As a result, a section of voters may see Jamaat’s promises […]
Details of 16 constituencies Chattogram has 16 parliamentary constituencies, consisting of 15 upazilas and 34 police station areas. A total of 115 candidates from 25 parties are contesting on these seats. Among them, Jamaat has withdrawn its name from three constituencies in favor of two allies. The strongest position among the candidates of Jamaat is […]
Tough competition on Sadar seat Cox’s Bazar-3 (Sadar-Ramu-Idgaon) is tourism-centric, where issues like tourism, trade, traffic congestion, cost of living and land grabs are shaping the realities. These concerns have not been influenced by party-symbol politics. Five candidates are contesting the election, notably Lutfur Rahman Kajol of BNP, Shahidul Alam Bahadur of Jamaat and Amirul […]
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 […]
Sub-section 1 of Article 17 of the Representation of the People Order (RPO), 1972 states that if a valid candidate dies after the expiry of the time limit for withdrawal of nomination papers and before the polling takes place, the election activities of the concerned constituency shall be immediately canceled or postponed.