A total of 1,981 candidates will contest the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections in 298 constituencies across the country, alongside a referendum scheduled for February 12. Director (Public Relations) and Information Officer of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat Md Ruhul Amin Mallick told BSS that 1,732 candidates nominated by 51 registered political parties and 249 independent candidates are in the race. However, due to a revised election schedule for Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 constituencies, finalisation of candidatures in those seats will take place after January 27, the EC said. According to the EC, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has fielded 288 candidates…
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Saudi Arabia and eight Muslim-majority countries including Gaza mediators Qatar and Turkey have agreed to join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Wednesday. In a joint statement, Riyadh announced the “shared decision” of the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates to join the body to be chaired by Trump, saying they supported his “peace efforts” on the Gaza conflict. Kuwait’s foreign ministry later posted on X that the country had also accepted. Invites were sent to dozens of world leaders with a request…
US President Donald Trump descends on Davos for a showdown with European leaders Wednesday as his bid to seize Greenland threatens to tear the transatlantic alliance apart. Trump brutally mocked the Europeans a day before heading to the World Economic Forum, where he will be the star of a dark, self-made drama over the fate of the autonomous Danish territory. But leaders in the Swiss ski resort have closed ranks against Trump’s aggressive America First stance, with French President Emmanuel Macron vowing to stand up against “bullies” and the EU promising an “unflinching” response. “I’m going to a beautiful place…
Symbols for contesting candidates in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections will be allotted today across constituencies. According to the Election Commission (EC), a total of 305 candidates withdrew their nominations by the deadline at 5 pm on Tuesday. With these withdrawals, 1,967 candidates remain in the race nationwide. An EC circular earlier had stated that symbols must be allotted and candidate lists published on the day following the deadline for withdrawal of nominations, which is January 21. EC Secretariat Director (Public Relations) and Information Officer Md. Ruhul Amin Mallick said that the 1,967 candidates – both party-nominated and…
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today said the E-Bail Bond management system is a landmark step in the digital transformation of the country’s judiciary, significantly improving transparency, accountability and efficiency in the bail process. “The E-Bail Bond system is a landmark step in the digital transformation of the judiciary. In Narayanganj, the system has received overwhelmingly positive responses, with 100 percent of bail bonds now being submitted online,” he said, adding that the system is being continuously upgraded based on user feedback to make it more user-friendly and efficient. The law adviser made the remarks while…
A total of 305 candidates have withdrawn their nominations for the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections, leaving 1,967 contenders in the fray. Election Commission (EC) Secretariat Director (Public Relations) and Information Officer Md. Ruhul Amin Mallick confirmed the figure late last night. He said the 1,967 candidates – comprising both party nominees and independents – will contest in 298 constituencies, excluding Pabna-1 and Pabna-2. According to EC officials, 2,585 nomination papers were initially submitted for 300 seats. As per the election schedule, the deadline for withdrawal of candidatures expired at 5 pm yesterday. Symbols will be allotted today, and…
Symbols for contesting candidates in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections will be allotted today across constituencies. According to the Election Commission (EC), a total of 305 candidates withdrew their nominations by the deadline at 5 pm on Tuesday. With these withdrawals, 1,967 candidates remain in the race nationwide. An EC circular earlier had stated that symbols must be allotted and candidate lists published on the day following the deadline for withdrawal of nominations, which is January 21. EC Secretariat Director (Public Relations) and Information Officer Md. Ruhul Amin Mallick said that the 1,967 candidates – both party-nominated and…
Italy has expressed its full support for Bangladesh’s democratic transition and the July Charter, which aims to introduce sweeping reforms for the country’s democratic renewal, said Italian deputy minister. Italy’s Undersecretary for Defence (Deputy minister for defence), Matteo Perego di Cremnago, made the remarks during a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna here on Tuesday, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this morning. The two leaders held wide-ranging talks on issues including trade and defence cooperation, migration, the upcoming February 12 general elections and referendum, European Union election observation, and the July…
Adviser to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Water Resources Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that China wants to start Teesta Master Plan work as soon as possible. “Both Bangladesh and Chinese governments are committed to implementing the TMP. Since the verification process of the project is not completed, it is not possible to start its work right now,” she said. She made the remarks while talking to local reporters after visiting the erosion-prone area of the river Teesta along with Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen in Tepamadhupur Taluk Shahbazpur area of Kawnia…
Postal ballots have reached the addresses of 373,398 expatriate voters residing in different countries across the world to cast their votes in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad election and referendum. Among them, 196,625 voters have already scanned the QR code, according to Election Commission (EC). Expatriate voters registered for postal ballots will be able to exercise their voting rights and send their ballots back to Bangladesh from January 21, after the allocation of election symbols. Salim Ahmad Khan, Team Leader of the ‘OCV-SDI’ project on expatriate voter registration, told BSS that “So far, postal ballots have been sent to 373,398…
