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Election disruption attempts to be met with iron hand: Home Adviser

TDS Desk: Any attempts to disrupt the upcoming national election will be dealt with an iron hand, said Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday.

RAB operated half of 40 secret detention centres, commission finds

TDS Desk: An inquiry commission has uncovered 40 secret detention centres used by the ousted Awami League administration, more than half of which were operated by the Rapid Action Battalion

EC is confident holding a neutral election: CEC

TDS Desk: Chief Election Commissioner A M M Nasir Uddin today said the Election Commission (EC) remains confident and committed to holding a free, fair and neutral election. He made

5 detained after woman tied to pole, doused with water over theft allegation at Gulshan madrasah

TDS Desk: Police on Sunday (4 January) detained five people in connection with an incident in which a woman had been tied to an electric pole and doused with water

325 polling centres still without electricity

TDS Desk: Electricity supply remains unavailable at 325 polling centres across the country ahead of the referendum and parliamentary election scheduled for February 12. The Election Commission has instructed the

DPHE: Where irregularities are the rules

Inaction encourages corruption Special Correspondent: The Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) has turned into a den of corruptions and irregularities due to inaction by the higher authorities concerned as