UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has offered the support of his office to counter the surge of misinformation targeting the February 12 elections as Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus sought support of the organization to address the issue.
A ward-level leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has been killed at his home in Dhaka’s Paschim Rajabazar area.
The 9-year-old child who was injured by a stray bullet allegedly fired from Myanmar along the Teknaf border has been transferred to Dhaka for advanced treatment as her condition remains critical.
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has said that misleading information and rumors are being spread on social media and various online platforms about the server and IP used by the National Equipment Identification Register (NEIR) system.
The Election Commission (EC) restored the candidacies of another 53 aspirants on Tuesday, the fourth day of appeal hearings against returning officers’ decisions on nomination papers for the 13th parliamentary polls.
Jamaat-e-Islami nominated candidate for Dhaka-12 constituency Saiful Alam Khan said that women will be nominated to contest the national parliament elections in the future if his party is given the opportunity to form the government.