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EC rolls out postal voting system for remote voters

The Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) has launched an IT-supported postal voting system to facilitate remote vote casting from both home and abroad. A mobile phone app titled 'Postal Vote BD' has been introduced for this purpose.Due to the hybrid solution, a combination of smartphone app and postal ballot, eligible expatriates,...

WB delegation meets Jamaat Ameer

A World Bank (WB) delegation has had a meeting with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Tuesday, reports UNB.The meeting was held at the Jamaat chief's office in the capital's Bashundharaon Tuesday.The delegation was led by Jean-Denis Pesme, Country Director of the World Bank's Dhaka Regional Office.He was joined...

Home adviser for zero tolerance on unrest over Feb polls

Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said law-enforcement agencies are fully prepared to act against any attempt to destabilise the country, as the next national election is going to be held in the first half of February, report agencies.He made the remarks while speaking at a meeting with German...

NCP, Samajtantrik Dal get final reg from EC

The National Citizen Party and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Marxist) have received final registration from the Election Commission (EC), report agencies.As no objections were filed against the parties, the EC issued the official gazette on Monday.With this, both parties will be able to contest the upcoming election with their own symbols.The...

DU deputy registrar sent to jail over Facebook post on Hasina's verdict

Dhaka University (DU) Deputy Registrar Muhammad Lavlu Molla has been sent to jail in a case filed under the Anti-Terorism Act. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Masum Mia ordered to send him to jail, rejecting his bail petition after a hearing on Tuesday.He was picked up on Monday night from his...

Jatiyatabadi Jobo Dal staged a demonstration at Kakrail

Jatiyatabadi Jobo Dal staged a demonstration at Kakrail in the capital on Tuesday, protesting the killing of its leader Golam Kibria in Pallabi on Monday night. — FE Photo

Ex-President Hamid's residence attacked in Kishoreganj

KISHOREGANJ, Nov 18 (UNB): Miscreants attacked and vandalised the residence of former President Abdul Hamid in Mithamoin upazila of Kishoreganj district on Monday night. Witnesses said a jubilant procession was brought out by local political activists at night following the capital punishment handed down to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina....

Nizam Hazari's house in Feni set on fire

FENI, Nov 18 (UNB): A group of protesters set fire to the house of former MP and suspended Awami League district general secretary Nizam Uddin Hazari in Feni town on Monday night.The incident took place around 8:00 pm in the Masterpara area, shortly after the International Crimes Tribunal announced the...

Leftist political parties staged a torch procession in Gulistan

Leftist political parties staged a torch procession in Gulistan area of the capital on Tuesday, protesting the ‘handover of the ports to foreign countries’. — FE Photo