“There is no confirmed information at this stage that Manzoor Alam is joining the NCP,” he said, adding that no central decision has been communicated yet regarding the alliance in the local elections. Reiterating this sentiment, Mohammad Shahjahan, assistant general secretary of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, told Prothom Alo that since local elections are held without party […]
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 […]
The ruling Awami League is not giving nomination to any party in the upcoming Upazila Parishad elections to prevent internal conflict within the party. However, this strategy may lead to further divisions at the grassroots level as many ministers and MPs have taken up the responsibility of nominating candidates for the upazila elections. This trend […]
What are the duties of the two Vice-Presidents or what are the requirements of having two Vice-Presidents without a Council member? The posts of Chairman and Vice Chairman are not permanent but part-time. Many presidents live and do business in Dhaka. They visit the council office at appropriate time in the month. If the Chairman […]
With rare exceptions here and there, it was basically the ruling party candidates and their ‘rebel’ candidates who won the elections. And so like the 2014 national election, the local government elections also became one-sided. Following the lopsided national elections of 2014, the Awami League as a party decided to hold local government elections on […]
Talking to reporters after submitting nomination papers on Thursday, former mayor of Ghazipur Municipal Corporation Jahangir Alam said, ‘I am fighting in this election against a person who has ruined this city (Ghazipur). I stand against it. His.” He did not mention anyone by name, but was indirectly referring to Azmat Ullah, the candidate nominated […]
Apart from the chant, the Islami Movement Bangladesh, led by Charmonai Pir, will field candidates in all five municipal corporations. In Ghazipur Municipal Corporation, it has announced its candidate Ghazi Ataur Rehman and has started campaigning. Ghazi Ataur Rehman is the senior joint general secretary of the party. In Khulna, the candidate is Abdul Awal, […]
