Politics

  Special Correspondent : The Election Commission (EC) has withdrawn its earlier restriction on carrying mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centres on election day. Speaking to reporters at the EC headquarters in Dhaka’s Agargaon today (9 February), EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said voters will be allowed to enter polling centres with mobile […]

Special Correspondent : The interim government will relinquish its responsibilities “quickly” following the parliamentary elections, Chief Advisor’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said.On Thursday, he indicated that the new prime minister could take the oath three days after polling.Speaking at a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy, he said: “After the vote on the 12th

everyone knows them by their ‘secret’ identity- February 12 election is an election to show a “red card” to the corrupt- Special Correspondent / Barisal Correspondent: The verbal sparring between the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami is intensifying. Hinting at Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman said, There is a political party that has a different identity to

Special Correspondent: The cost of conducting the parliamentary polls, scheduled for next month, has been estimated at $254 million—nearly $82 million more than the last election held two years ago.Nearly 130 million voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the election to be held on Feb 12. Enabling the people to cast their votes

  Special Correspondent : If the four-party alliance government was corrupt, then why did Jamaat-e-Islami’s two top leaders never resign at the time? Tarique Rahman has raised the question, challenging Jamaat’s present-day criticism of the BNP.On Tuesday, he referred to a particular political party, pointing towards Jamaat, saying it is acting in “exactly the same

  Special Correspondent : More than 400,000 expatriate Bangladeshis have cast their votes through postal ballots before the Feb 12 national election and referendum, according to the Election Commission (EC). By 1:30pm on Monday, a total of 405,164 expatriates had exercised their franchise, the EC said in a statement.Of them, 344,993 voters submitted their ballots