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President to cast vote via postal ballot

TDS Desk: President Mohammed Shahabuddin will cast his vote using a postal ballot. Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud confirmed the matter on Tuesday. He stated that the President has expressed

No decision yet on implementing proposed pay scale: Energy Adviser

TDS Desk: The interim government has not taken any decision to implement the proposed new pay scale for government employees although it approved the report of the latest Pay Commission,

More than 21,000 expatriate postal ballots reach Bangladesh

TDS Desk: More than 21,000 postal ballots cast by Bangladeshi voters overseas have reached the country ahead of the 13th parliamentary election. By 10:30am on Tuesday, 21,508 postal ballots had

Journos face voting exclusion despite new postal ballot system

UNB: As Bangladesh prepares for the February 12 general election and referendum, the Election Commission’s newly introduced IT-supported hybrid postal balloting system has raised hopes for voters away from their

EC allows 55,454 local observers to monitor February polls

TDS Desk: The Election Commission has allowed 55,454 local observers to monitor the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum scheduled for February 12. Of them, 7,997 observers from 81

Ensure prisoner security, human rights: Home Adviser

TDS Desk: Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said prison security and the protection of inmates’ human rights must go hand in hand in