Shudhangshu Kumar Saha, Senior Assistant Secretary at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat, has been dismissed from service for accepting a bribe of Tk 300 during a National ID (NID) correction and attempting to conceal the matter by offering a journalist Tk 29,000.
Ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum, the Election Commission (EC) is facing a major challenge over the activities of its field-level officials. A significant portion of the complaints submitted to the Commission are now against its own officers.
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.
"Unauthorised structures on the Karnaphuli are not being demolished because those supposed to protect the port are acting as its destroyers."
Mohammad Sarwar-e-Alam, an employee of Bangabhaban, has been granted bail in a case filed over the alleged hacking of the X (formerly Twitter) account of Jamaat-e-Islami's Ameer. Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Mohammad Junaid granted him bail on Thursday.
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.