Additional Secretary of Election Commission (EC) Secretariat Ashok Kumar Debnath today said that the overall election environment and situation will develop further if the striking force comes to the field.
He said this while talking to the journalists at his office in the EC building at Agargaon in the capital.
He said that till now 250 people have been given show-cause notices by the Election Investigation Committee for violating the code of conduct.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on Monday said there is no specific threat of sabotage acts during the upcoming 12th Parliamentary Election.
“Casting vote is a democratic right of people and refraining from casting vote is also a democratic right. But obstructing voting is not a democratic right and it is the part of a constitutional responsibility of citizens to resist those involved in preventing people from balloting,” he said.
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He said these while talking to reporters after attending a view-exchange meeting with the councillors of Dhaka metropolitan city held at DMP headquarters.
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.