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The Election Commission (EC) has finally clarified the ongoing discussion about who will administer the oath to the Members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the upcoming 13th National Parliament election. According to the constitutional provision, in the current situation, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) can administer the oath to the newly elected MPs.
The Election Commission (EC) is busy with final preparations ahead of the 13th National Parliament election. Ballot papers for 116 parliamentary constituencies have already been delivered to the respective Returning Officers. The ballots for the remaining constituencies will be delivered by February 7, assured Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed. He disclosed this information while briefing journalists after a courtesy meeting with a European Union (EU) delegation at the Election Building on Thursday, February 5.
A clash has occurred between students of two departments at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) centering around the final match of the inter-department cricket tournament. At least 15 people, including four teachers, have been injured in the incident.
As the 13th National Parliamentary Election draws closer, political discourse in Bangladesh is becoming increasingly sharp—marked by heightened rhetoric, strategic wordplay, and intensified efforts to politically weaken opponents. A recent and notable example of this trend is the public war of words between the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami over the use of the term “ Guptho (covert).”
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Pakistan has decided not to play against India following Bangladesh's exclusion from the T20 World Cup. The country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the matter. Welcoming this decision, Sports Adviser Asif Nazrul expressed his gratitude to Pakistan on social media platform Facebook.
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Indian Congress leader and Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor has stated that India bears some responsibility for the ongoing instability surrounding the T20 World Cup. He called the decision to drop Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL "disgraceful" and argued that politics should not be mixed with sport.
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Iran and the United States have agreed to hold nuclear talks on Friday in Oman, Iran’s foreign minister said, as tensions remain high following Tehran’s deadly crackdown on nationwide protests.
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Divisional Correspondent, Rajshahi: BNP's party MP candidate and the President of the Central Farmers' League, Agriculturist Hasan Jafir Tuhin, has said that sixty lakh BNP leaders and activists have been accused in 100,000 false cases by 'Fascist Hasina'. Thousands of leaders and activists have been subjected to enforced disappearance and killing.
BNP candidate for Dhaka-8 constituency, Mirza Abbas, has alleged that Jamaat and its 'offspring' (NCP) have installed Dr. Yunus in power and are now participating in the election from that advantaged position. He claimed that the head of government himself has said that they put him there. Therefore, he alleged, Jamaat and the NCP are contesting the election from a position of power.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Ameer, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, has said that in establishing a just state, the people's verdict will be the ultimate power.
The 13th National Parliamentary Election is knocking on the door. Law enforcement agencies have made maximum security preparations across the country ahead of the elections to be held on February 12. In the meantime, a joint assessment by the Special Branch (SB) of the Police, intelligence agencies and police headquarters has identified all polling centres at least 13 parliamentary constituencies in different regions of the country as 'highly risky'.
As the 13th National Parliamentary Election draws closer, political discourse in Bangladesh is becoming increasingly sharp—marked by heightened rhetoric, strategic wordplay, and intensified efforts to politically weaken opponents. A recent and notable example of this trend is the public war of words between the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami over the use of the term “ Guptho (covert).”
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Interim government foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said there is no situation in Bangladesh where Indian officials or their family members are at risk.
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A clash has occurred between students of two departments at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) centering around the final match of the inter-department cricket tournament. At least 15 people, including four teachers, have been injured in the incident.
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