This information was shared on the verified Facebook page of the Prime Minister’s Office. The new upazilas are Mokamtala, which will be created by dividing Shibganj upazila in Bogura; Matamuhuri, by dividing Chakriya Upazila into Cox’s Bazar; Ruhiya and Bhulli, by dividing Sadar Upazila into Thakurgaon; And by dividing Chandraganj, Sadar Upazila into Lakshmipur. There […]
structure of local government There are five tiers of local government institutions – Union Parishad, Upazila Parishad, Zilla Parishad, Paurashwa and Municipal Corporation. There are 4,575 union councils, 495 upazila councils, 61 district councils (except three hill districts), 330 paurshwas and 12 municipal corporations in the country. Local government refers to the system of local […]
TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman was right when he said that the activities of public representatives should be focused on public interest. But in reality this is not the case. Nowadays, when power-centric public representatives get a chance to come to power, they also get an open opportunity to accumulate wealth. We have been raising concerns […]
Mohsin Bhuiyan, presiding officer of Halimpur Government Primary School, said till 3 pm, only 450 (20.99 per cent) of the 1,906 registered voters in the area had cast their votes. Similarly, at Dighirpar Lower Secondary School, over 400 votes (18.55) were recorded out of a total of 2,156 voters till 3:30 pm. Presiding officer Kabir […]
Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Habibul Awal said that voting in the third phase of upazila parishad elections on Wednesday was satisfactory. The Chief Election Commissioner said that the voting rate could be more or less than 35 per cent. However, he said that it will take some time to get the actual information.
In a press release on Wednesday, the party's senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the particular persons have been permanently expelled from the party, including their primary membership, because they had participated in the upazila elections going against the party's decision. . Of the expelled BNP leaders, 17 are in the race […]
Election Commissioner Mohammad Alamgir said on Thursday that 36.1 percent voting took place in the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections. He said this while talking to journalists at Nirbhachan Bhawan in Aggargaon area of the capital. Commissioner Alamgir said that 36.1 percent votes were cast in the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections on […]
Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Habibul Awal said there could be different reasons for low voter turnout. “As we tried to know the matter, we were informed that many people could not come to cast their vote as they had gone to harvest their paddy. Storm and rain also occurred at some places. This could also […]
It is learned that a student rally was organized in Chhentia Bazaar area of Digpait Union of Sadar Upazila as part of the election campaign of chairman candidate Bijan Kumar Chanda. Former MP from Jamalpur-5 assembly constituency Mozaffar Hussain also addressed the rally. A video of his speech at the rally went viral on the […]
The anti-corruption watchdog told the media that 17 candidates for the post of Vice President and six candidates contesting for the post of Women Vice President are millionaires. The number of such rich candidates on both the posts has increased almost three times as compared to the last elections. The calculation of assets has been […]
The Awami League has clarified that the children of ministers and MPs are relatives, and has seen ministers and MPs fielding their children to chairperson positions in the first three phases of upazila elections. The first phase of upazila elections will be held on May 8. In this phase, Asibur Rehman Khan, son of Awami […]