Sunday, November 17, 2024

One injured in Barisal police firing

A close aide of BNP backed mayoral candidate in Barisal City Corporation has been injured in police firing triggering tension in the entire city ahead of the election. Police on Wednesday evening detained five female supporters of BNP backed candidate Ahsan Habib Kamal when they were distributing leaflets allegedly containing indecent remarks about AL backed ... Read more

Barisal brawl continues before local polls

Candidates release election manifesto The Grand Alliance-backed Sammilito Nagorik Committee nominated Shawkat Hossain Hiron, outgoing mayor of the BarisalCity Corporation, as its mayoral candidate, on Tuesday evening, for the coming city corporation polls. Hiron announced a 23-point election manifesto, to transform Barisal into a modern and beautiful city, with civic amenities. Other mayoral

Barisal City Corp poll: 2 mayoral candidates complain of EC bias

Two of the three mayoral candidates in the Barisal City Corporation (BCC) election alleged that the Election Commission (EC) has failed to ensure a level playing field in the poll, scheduled to be held on June 15. Questions have been raised about the role of the local EC by these candidates. Candidates and their supporters ... Read more

Barisal poll: BNP leader questions EC’s impartiality, seeks army deployment

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday raised questions about the impartiality of the Election Commission (EC) and demanded deployment of the army in the Barisal City Corporation (BCC ) election. The BNP’s central vice-chairman Abdullal Al Noman and the BNP’s Barisal city unit president Mojibor Rahman Sarwar levelled these allegations

Hiron officially declared 14-party candidate for BCC mayor post

BNP yet to take decision The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance on Friday declared city AL president and outgoing mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron as their mayor candidate for the upcoming Barisal City Corporation election. Six mayoral candidates, including three from BNP, two from AL and JL and one from CPB, collected nomination papers for mayoral ... Read more

Collection of nomination papers for BCC polls continues

Collection of nomination papers by both the BNP-led 18-party and AL-backed 14-party alliance-backed candidates continued on Monday for the third Barisal City Corporation Election scheduled for June 15. Mujibur Rahman, Khulna regional election commissioner and returning officer for the BCC election, said three nomination paper for mayoral candidates, 60 for general

BCC forms body to detect vulnerable buildings

The Barisal City Corporation authorities have formed a five-member team to detect vulnerable buildings in the city. Abu al-Masud Mamun, chief assessor of the city corporation, said slack enforcement of the existing laws and lack of public awareness have made a big number of multi-storey buildings in the city vulnerable to accidents like fires or ... Read more