BNP leaders including Fakhrul and Khasru get 3-12 months jail: Latest updates

Many leaders of BNP and its affiliated bodies have been sentenced. They are fugitives. They include joint general secretary Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohail, information affairs secretary Azizul Bari Helal, volunteer affairs secretary Mir Sarafat Ali, former Jubo Dal president Sultan Salauddin and former general secretary Khandekar Inamul Haq, current organizing secretary Ishaq Sarkar, former […]

Two people detained with Taka 180,000 for buying votes in Rupganj. Narayanganj election incident

“Cash worth Tk 180,000 was recovered from them. Local residents said they were distributing money for kettles (the election symbol of an independent candidate). They are being interrogated,” he said. After the two of them were caught in a video footage being interrogated, Naeem Mia was heard saying that Mamun Mia, a supporter of the […]

ANFREL expresses concern, calls for genuine democratic elections

The statement said ANFREL believes that the absence of accountability, fairness and inclusivity in electoral processes risks lacking genuineness and electoral competitiveness. It said this has created significant electoral challenges such as repression of the opposition, restrictions on political freedoms, limited access to unbiased information and widespread political violence. The statement further said that in […]

77 BNP members sentenced ahead of national elections: latest cases and verdicts

The charges in these separate cases included unlawful assembly, obstructing police work, assault, vandalism of vehicles, arson and cocktail explosion. The plaintiff in four of these cases is the police, while one involves the driver. The case registered at Shahjahanpur police station in September 2018 involved 80 to 85 BNP leaders and workers who, according […]