A glitch to mass participation

    Muhammad Zubair writes for DOT :  The Election Commission (EC) though assured voters of free and participatory 11th Election scheduled to be held on December 30, 2018, this statement turns out to be somewhat paradoxical as it also bans the movement of transport during the election time, starting from December 28, 2018. The EC also…

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      People will support AL for continued development

      Nuh-ul-Alam Lenin speaks to DOT  :  The countrymen will express their support for the ruling Awami League for the sake of continued development in the country. The Mohajote (grand alliance) led by Awami League will win the December 30 general election, retaining power. This will happen since the country witnessed a massive development in the…

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        People are oblivious of the past

        Khushi Kabir speaks to DOT :  The human rights issue has received extensive media coverage but with little effect. It is a violation of human rights to launch attack on people during electoral campaign. Nobody in country perform his or her duty properly. Sadly enough, the Election Commission is not playing its due role in…

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          Election observers should be able to perform neutrally

          Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT :  In the 11th parliamentary election, around 42,000 polling stations will be set up for more than 104 million voters. Around  17,000 with only 146 international observers,will monitor the upcoming 11th parliamentary election, slated for December 30. The Representation of People’s Order 1972 (R.P.O. 1972) under Article 2 (viiib) provides…

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            Rab opens FB page to verify fake, false news

            Hossen Sohel of DOT Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has opened a Facebook page titled ‘Rab Cyber News Verification Centre’ to aware people over false news and rumours spread during the 11th parliamentary election, reports UNB. Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed revealed it at a press conference arranged to brief journalists…

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              Pre-polls situation under control: EC Shahadat

              DOT Desk Just days ahead of the 11th national elections, Election Commissioner Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury today said “situation is under control”, reports The Daily Star. He came up with the remark in response to a query by reporters at the Election Commission in Dhaka’s Agargaon this afternoon. Shahadat’s comment comes a day after Election Commissioner…

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                2018: The year of celebrity weddings

                Lamiya Sira, Blogger based in Abu Dhabi/Gulf News Reader questions whether lavish wedding parties are necessary The year 2018 seemed to be the year of marriages, for both celebrities and royalty. Social media was flooded with the pictures of these weddings, including the royal wedding in the UK and those of famous Bollywood celebrities. Each…

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                  Palestine 2018: Mission being accomplished

                  Fawaz Turki, Journalist, lecturer and author based in Washington/Gulf News Palestinians may be pauperised and starved, but they are gaining support globallyLexicographers are not the drudges we imagine them to be, gofers who merely compile, edit and write dictionaries, but astute monitors of those semantic fashions of expression that define the inward preoccupations of our…

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                    Fair election under AL not possible: Fakhrul

                    Hossen Sohel of DOT BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said holding a fair election under the Awami League government is not possible, reports UNB. “The election process has turned into a farce and no election atmosphere is prevailing in the country as all the attacks are made on BNP people. It’s very…

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