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Neighbouring country involved in conspiracy over polls: Nahid

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Saturday alleged that a neighbouring country is engaging in various conspiracies surrounding country’s upcoming election, warning that any attempt at foreign interference

EC dispatches postal ballots to over 518,000 domestic voters

The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 518,603 domestic voters who registered through “Postal Vote BD” app to take part in 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election and referendum.

Country not safe in hands of anti-liberation forces: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the country is not safe in the hands of forces opposed to the Liberation War. “Those who had opposed independence

BGB to refrain from using lethal weapons during national elections

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will not use any lethal weapons to maintain law and order during the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, BGB Dhaka Sector Commander Colonel SM Abul Ehsan has

Jamaat for end to ‘monarchy rule’

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman on Friday said that Jamaat wanted to end the ‘monarchy rule’ in the country. ‘We want to change the tradition that only the sons of

BNP chief urges ‘Yes’ vote in referendum

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday called on voters to support a ‘Yes’ vote in the upcoming referendum and back BNP candidates in the February 12 elections, saying

Political violence grows as polls nearing

Political violence is becoming deadlier across the country as the 13th parliamentary election is nearing. According to the rights group Ain o Salish Kendra data, at least 10 people were

Five people killed in truck–auto van collision in Naogaon

At least five people were killed and another was injured when a drum truck rammed into a battery-powered van at Mahadevpur upazila in Naogaon on early Saturday. The deceased were