DOT Desk: Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas, heavyweight candidates of BNP, have refused to cast their vote in protest to what they said vote rigging, reports The Daily Star. Mirza Abbas a candidate from Dhaka-8 and his wife Afroza Abbas was a candidate from Dhaka-9 constituency. They alleged that BNP supporters were barred…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Electronic voting is showing problems across Dhaka and Chattogram, slowing down voting process and creating queues, reports The Daily Star. Early morning roundup by The Daily Star across at least eight voting centres in this seat has found incidents of malfunction almost common at most of the centres. Dhaka-13 is the…
Dr. Asif Nazrul speaks to DOT: The 11th parliamentary election is a big insult to the voters of this country as they have been deprived of their rights to vote freely. The environment was the worst of its kind and the whole election was held in a polluted environment. Numerous people were arrested before this…
Brigadier General Sakhawat Hossain speaks to DOT If BNP agents do not come to the centres, then how can they be seen, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda questioned today following the allegation that opposition’s polling agents were not allowed to enter the centres. “It is their choice. If they do not come, how will…
Major General Abdur Rashid speaks to DOT : Voting for the 11th parliamentary election was done peacefully in Dhaka; but was tainted with violence elsewhere across the country and cost the lives of at least a dozen people. BNP told the Election Commission that its polling agents had been obstructed in 221 constituencies during the…
Monirul Alam of DOT : The ruling Awami League (AL) led coalition has taken the lead in early ballot count at 122 constituencies, out of total 299, and recorded victory unofficially at 59 others, while Dr Kamal Hossain-led alliance Jatiya Oikyafront that includes BNP shows progress in only two constituencies. The counting started following conclusion…
DR. M A Hasan writes for DOT : The reign of slaughter, torture and rape carried out by the Pakistani military during the liberation war in Bangladesh shook the consciousness of many human rights campaigners around the world. Ideas of basic human values were called into question. Facts regarding the rape and torture of Bengali…
Ambassador Waliur Rahman speaks to DOT : Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that she believes in democracy and will accept the people’s mandate. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to make sure that parliamentary polls were not questionable in any way. “All the people will have to watch out so…
DOT Desk Bangladesh Bank has suspended all kind of mobile financial services in the run-up to the 11th general election, reports The Daily Star. All MFS providers have been asked to keep their services suspended from 5:00pm on December 28 through to 5:00pm on December 30, according to a notice from the central bank yesterday….
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