Despite being allowed to vote for the first time in the country’s history, an overwhelming majority of prison inmates did not take part in the election, with 93 percent abstaining from the process, according to prison authorities.
The government has fixed office hours for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions in the country, considering the time of Sehri and Iftar during the month of Ramadan.
Hefazat-e-Islam has called for a protest programme against National Citizen Party (NCP) chief coordinator and Dhaka-8 constituency candidate Nasiruddin Patwary.
Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (Retd.) Dr. M Shakhawat Hossain on Sunday (February 8) said that the government has decided to adopt a hardline approach to resolve the ongoing disruption at Chittagong port.
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Ashiq Chowdhury said that the Chattogram Port Lease Agreement with DP World is not being done during this government's term.
A group of women leaders has formally requested Chief Election Commissioner A M M Nasir Uddin to cancel Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr. Shafiqur Rahman’s candidacy.