In preparation for the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the concurrent referendum, the capital city of Dhaka has been placed under the highest level of security today, Thursday. Armed patrols from the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the police, and the army have been deployed across all polling stations to ensure a safe and orderly voting […]

In Uzirpur Upazila of Barishal, two assistant presiding officers at Habibpur Secondary School polling station have been dismissed following allegations of misconduct and attending a controversial political meeting during voting duties. The incident occurred on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 p.m., when the officers reportedly left the polling centre without authorisation. The dismissed officers are as […]

In a significant disciplinary action ahead of the ongoing national elections, four assistant presiding officers were dismissed from their duties at a polling station in Barisal’s Babuganj Upazila. The incident occurred late on the night of Wednesday, 11 February, at the Barkani Government Primary School polling centre in the Birshreshtha Jahangirnagar Union, when local residents […]

Chittagong witnessed a steady flow of voters on Thursday morning as the 13th national parliamentary election and concurrent referendum commenced. Polling stations across the city opened at 7:30 a.m., and both male and female voters were seen arriving consistently in the early hours. Observers at Chittagong-9 (Kotwali) and Chittagong-10 (Double Mooring–Pahartali) reported that women accounted […]

Afroza Abbas, President of the Bangladesh Nationalist Women’s Party and spouse of BNP candidate Mirza Abbas, expressed strong optimism regarding the Dhaka-8 parliamentary contest. She reported that the voting environment has been encouraging from the outset, with a healthy turnout of voters, and expressed confidence that, should this trend continue, candidates representing the “Sheaf of […]