by Tipu Sultan, Selim Zahid & Masud Rana in Prothom Alo, June 28, 2018 at 18.18 hrs Gazipur Ruling Banladesh Awami League showed more effective techniques of coercion in Gazipur civic polls than it did in Khulna, for holding a stage-managed ballot, conclude victims and witnesses. The day before the voting on 26 June, some agents of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidates were allegedly picked up but released later from different locatons. The…
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by Shohel Mamun in Dhaka Tribune, June 28, 2018 Gazipur: Awami League mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam won the election with more than twice the votes his rival got.Despite BNP’s allegation that the Awami League rigged the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election, Gazipur citizens felt the election was held peacefully as there was no major incidents violence on election day. Awami League mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam won the election with more than twice the votes his…
report in The daily star, June 28, 2018 Bringing allegations of massive irregularities in the Gazipur city polls, the BNP yesterday rejected the election results and demanded re-election. On the other hand, the AL termed the polls wonderful and said the BNP insulted the Gazipur people by rejecting the results. Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) also rejected the election, terming it “staged” and its results “unacceptable” while Workers Party, a component of the AL-led 14-party…
report in The Daily Star, June 27, 2018 The number of arrests and cases over drug crimes went up over the last five years but the conviction rate in such cases declined during the period with the lowest last year, says a government report. Around 55 percent of such cases saw conviction in 2013, and the rate fell to 40 percent last year, according to the Annual Drug Report 2017 released by the Department of…
by Staff Correspondent in bdnews24.com, June 27, 2018 Awami League-backed candidate Zahangir Alam has won the Gazipur City Corporation mayoral election amid allegations of irregularities in some polling stations. In 416 out of 425 polling stations, Zahangir bagged 400,010 votes with boat symbol and his nearest arch rival BNP’s Hasan Uddin Sarker won 197,611 votes, said Returning Officer Rakib Uddin Mondol citing unofficial results on Wednesday. The voting at the city corporation with around 1.14…
report in The Daily Star, June 27, 2018 Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has denied the allegation of recently giving directives to block any newspaper website or online news portal. About blocking the websites of The Daily Star and bdnews24.com, the minister said his ministry and he himself did not give any such directive to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). In an interview with BBC Bangla, Inu on Monday said he was investigating the issue.…
Report in The Daily Star online, June 26, 2018 The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a vandalism case filed in Comilla. The apex court also vacated its chamber judges’ order that stayed the HC order of bail to Khaleda in the case. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order following a leave…
by Afrose Jahan Chaity in Dhaka Tribun,June 25th, 2018 For both major parties – ruling party Awami League (AL) and out of parliament opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) – the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election due to be held tomorrow is an important factor. The city corporation is geographically closest to Dhaka, and there are factors associated with industrialization and economy because of its high density of factories, making it quite important for both parties.…
by Nawaz Farhin Antara,Bilkis Irani in Dhaka Tribune, June 25th, 2018 The ruling party is using the police instead of its own party leaders and activists to conduct electoral activities during the Gazipur City Corporation election, alleges BNP. “Awami League is not using its party members,” said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday. “In Gazipur, they are using the superintendent of police and Detective Branch officials to work in favour of their…
report in bdnews24.com, June 24, 2018 nat 16:34:49.0 BdST Police have cordoned off a suspected hideout for militant outfit JMB in Gazipur’s Maona. The Counter Terrorism Unit is providing back-up to the Police Headquarters Intelligence Wing Lawful Interception Cell at the scene, Deputy Commissioner of CT Mohibul Islam Khan told bdnews24.com. Police began the operation at the two-storey building in Sreepur municipality’s Kewa West Khanda (near Maona Alhera Hospital) before dawn on Sunday. Police…
Map of PabnaTwo men including the leader of an extremist party were chopped and shot to death over establishing supremacy at Tebaria market under Ataikula police station in Pabna on Sunday, reports UNB. The victims are Abdul Gafur, 55, son of Dabir Uddin of the same village and regional leader of Purba Bangla Communist Party, and Idris Ali, 42, a local shop owner. Additional police superintendent of Pabna district Goutam Kumar Biswas said around 7:00pm…