The Election Commission will brief the heads of foreign embassies and multilateral agencies stationed in Bangladesh ahead of the upcoming national election slated for January 7, 2024.
The commission is inviting the foreign diplomats for a meeting at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel at 3:00pm on January 4, three days ahead of the election. The resident representative of UNDP Bangladesh and heads of international agencies are also being invited for the meeting.
In the meeting, the EC headed by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal will raise its preparation and steps to hold the 12th parliamentary elections in a free and fair manner, said EC officials.
Mazharul Islam Mahbub, Senior Staff Report of Daily Shahosh, passed away due to a cardiac arrest at his residence at Azimpur in the city sometime on Friday morning at the age of 55, said family sources.
He left his wife and one daughter.
Mahbub worked various newspapers including Amader Natun Shomoy, Amader Orthonitee, Amader Shomoy etc.
Different organisations, including Dhaka Reporters Unity, Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh, also sent separate condolence messages to his family members and prayed for salvation of his departed soul.
5 pairs of local trains have been suspended to avoid vandalism in the ongoing strike-blockade in Bangladesh. These trains have been stopped as the night movement is considered dangerous.
Divisional Railway Manager Shafiqur Rahman told reporters at Kamalapur railway station on Friday afternoon.
The trains are- Uttara Express on Rajshahi-Parvatipur route, Ishwardi to Rahanpur, Dhaka to Narayanganj, Mymensingh to Bhuapur local train and a train from Jamalpur to Sarishabari.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman today reiterated that any kind of anarchic activities and vandalism in the name of political programmes would not be tolerated.
"Troublemakers will be dealt with an iron hand if they try to disrupt the election process on the polling day on January 7," he told BSS.
Rahman said a vested quarter is making evil attempts to create an unnatural situation over the national elections, but the police would make its all-out efforts to ensure a fair, free and peaceful election.