The Adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, has confirmed that a total of 25,871 individuals have been newly recruited into various law enforcement and security agencies ahead of the 13th National Parliamentary Elections. The announcement came on Monday, 18 August, during a press briefing at the Secretariat […]

The Senior Secretary of the Election Commission (EC), Akhtar Ahmed, has confirmed that several significant steps have already been taken ahead of the forthcoming national elections. A comprehensive action plan has been drafted and submitted to the commission for approval. According to him, the plan will be officially published within the current week. He shared […]

The government has appointed Md. Sarwar Alam, a high-profile administrative officer, as the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Magistrate of Sylhet. The Ministry of Public Administration, Field Administration-2 branch, issued the official notification on Monday, 18 August.   The notification states that Sarwar Alam, an officer of the BCS (Administration) cadre, has been transferred and […]

Senior Joint Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, has voiced opposition to the proportional representation (PR) system, arguing that the public is not prepared for such an electoral framework and that it is unsuitable for Bangladesh. He added that the intentions of those demanding PR remain questionable. Rizvi spoke to […]

Maulana A.K.M. Ashraful Haque, Executive President of the Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party, has stated that constituency-based elections are a settled matter, offering no scope for reform. In a statement sent to the media on Monday, he said: “Outside the traditional electoral system, demands are being raised for strange methods such as proportional representation (PR). Surprisingly, even […]