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The Election Commission has prohibited carrying and using mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centers for the February 12 election. This is the first time such a decision has been made for national or local elections in Bangladesh.
Candidates participating in the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the simultaneous referendum will end their election campaigns tomorrow (February 10) at 7:30am, the Election Commission (EC) has announced.
BNP chairman Tarique Rahman has outlined a series of plans to turn young people into skilled manpower and tackle unemployment, saying modern training centres will be set up nationwide and fast-track bank loans will be arranged for those seeking work abroad so they do not have to sell land.
The Election Commission has prohibited carrying and using mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centers for the February 12 election. This is the first time such a decision has been made for national or local elections in Bangladesh.
The referendum scheduled to be held on 12 February, the same day as the 13th National Parliamentary Election, has sparked extensive discussion and analysis across the country’s political arena as well as in international circles. In the current political context, the importance of this referendum is multidimensional. According to political analysts, the decision by a major political force to boycott the process has turned the referendum into more than a routine vote, transforming it into a profound and multifaceted test for Bangladesh’s politics.
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BNP chairman Tarique Rahman has outlined a series of plans to turn young people into skilled manpower and tackle unemployment, saying modern training centres will be set up nationwide and fast-track bank loans will be arranged for those seeking work abroad so they do not have to sell land.
The National Citizen Party (NCP) convener and 11-party alliance candidate for Dhaka-11, Nahid Islam, has warned of a besiege of the Election Commission (EC) if the restriction on carrying mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centres is not withdrawn.
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The referendum scheduled to be held on 12 February, the same day as the 13th National Parliamentary Election, has sparked extensive discussion and analysis across the country’s political arena as well as in international circles. In the current political context, the importance of this referendum is multidimensional. According to political analysts, the decision by a major political force to boycott the process has turned the referendum into more than a routine vote, transforming it into a profound and multifaceted test for Bangladesh’s politics.
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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