The government has gave final approval to the drafts of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace and Educational Institutions Ordinance 2026 and the Domestic Violence Prevention Ordinance 2026 aimed at safeguarding the women’s rights at home and workplace.
The police are working to identify the real culprits of Jamaat leader Rezaul Karim's death in Sherpur's Jhenaigati election violence, said Deputy Press Secretary of Chief Adviser Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar.
Even though the minority community wants to exercise their civil rights by voting, fear and anxiety about life, livelihood, wealth and dignity are not eliminating.
The Election Commission has withdrawn Sherpur’s Jhenaigati upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and the officer-in-charge (OC) of Jhenaigati police station after a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader was killed after clash between activists of the BNP and Jamaat during a manifesto unveiling programme in Sherpur-3 constituency.
Mirza Abbas, the candidate from Dhaka-8 constituency and a member of BNP Standing Committee, claimed that a vested quarter is trying to spoil the voting environment by spreading various propaganda.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has described the violence surrounding the announcement of an election manifesto in Sherpur as unfortunate and unacceptable, and has demanded a swift, impartial and credible investigation into the incident.