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Long tailbacks on Gazipur highways as hundreds head home to vote

TDS Desk: A festive, Eid-like rush has gripped the Dhaka – Tangail and Dhaka – Mymensingh highways as hundreds of thousands of people, mostly garment workers, head back to their

Bangladesh slips on corruption list, ranks 13th most corrupt globally: TIB

TDS Desk: Bangladesh has ranked 13th among the world’s most corrupt countries in 2025, from 14th position in 2024, according to Transparency International Bangladesh. TIB released the Corruption Perceptions Index

Women make up half the electorate but remain politically and economically underrepresented

TDS Desk: Women account for half of all eligible voters in Bangladesh’s 13th parliamentary election. The 64.8 million registered female voters make up 49.23 percent of the electorate. Despite remaining

EC withdraws mobile phone ban, says all can carry phones but no photos inside polling booth

TDS Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has withdrawn its earlier restriction on carrying mobile phones within 400 yards of polling centres on election day. Speaking to reporters at the EC

Betting on the ballot

TDS Desk: As Bangladesh approaches its 13th parliamentary election, a parallel contest is also underway, far from polling stations and party offices. On screens rather than streets, people are hedging

Journalists, observers can carry mobile phones inside polling stations: EC Sanaullah

TDS Desk: Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Monday said journalists and election observers can carry mobile phones inside polling stations on the polling day on