Sharmeen Murshid, Chief Executive Officer of the election observation group “Brotee”, talks to Shakhawat Liton of The Daily Star about the importance of election monitoring and recent developments ahead of the election.
Noakhali police have drawn up a polling centre-based list of Awami League men to “take help” from them for carrying out duties on the voting day.
A delegation of the Bangladesh Christian Association (BCA) places a three-point demand to the Election Commission urging it not to hold the next general election on any day around December 25 as the day will be celebrated as Christmas Day.
The ruling party is trying to return to power by keeping the opposition parties out of the election race, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges.
The Election Commission is going to hold a meeting today to discuss preparations for the 11th National Election likely to be held in late December.
In a bid to strengthen the party ahead of the next general election, the BNP high-ups have launched an initiative to reinstate expelled leaders and reformists who became politically inactive after the 1/11 changeover.
The government is hurriedly installing a system to monitor social media, and filter and block “malicious and objectionable content” ahead of the elections.
The schedule for the next parliamentary polls will be announced any date after October 30, says Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed.
Sharmeen Murshid, Chief Executive Officer of the election observation group “Brotee”, talks to Shakhawat Liton of The Daily Star about the importance of election monitoring and recent developments ahead of the election.
Noakhali police have drawn up a polling centre-based list of Awami League men to “take help” from them for carrying out duties on the voting day.
A delegation of the Bangladesh Christian Association (BCA) places a three-point demand to the Election Commission urging it not to hold the next general election on any day around December 25 as the day will be celebrated as Christmas Day.
The ruling party is trying to return to power by keeping the opposition parties out of the election race, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges.
The Election Commission is going to hold a meeting today to discuss preparations for the 11th National Election likely to be held in late December.
In a bid to strengthen the party ahead of the next general election, the BNP high-ups have launched an initiative to reinstate expelled leaders and reformists who became politically inactive after the 1/11 changeover.
The government is hurriedly installing a system to monitor social media, and filter and block “malicious and objectionable content” ahead of the elections.
The schedule for the next parliamentary polls will be announced any date after October 30, says Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed.
