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Voter Turnout Likely to Exceed 55pc

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  Voter Turnout Likely to Exceed 55pc, Says Touhid Hossain Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has expressed optimism that voter turnout in the 13th National Parliamentary Election, scheduled for 12 February, will exceed 55 percent. He made the remarks on Sunday while responding to journalists’ questions at the closing session of an election-focused training workshop in Dhaka. The two-day programme was organised for members of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association Bangladesh (DCAB) with support from the Media Resources Development Initiative (MRDI). Asked whether the government could hold the election smoothly amid reports that Awami League leaders based in India were campaigning for a ‘No’ vote in the referendum, Touhid Hossain said many were advocating ‘No’ without fully understanding the issue. He reiterated that the government wants the ‘Yes’ vote to succeed. He said the government has spent more than a year preparing reform proposals through various commissions and i...
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Jamaat, NCP and LDP form electoral alliance

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13th Jatiya Sangsad Election


Jamaat, NCP and LDP form electoral alliance

Jamaat-e-Islami, the National Citizen Party (NCP) and eight other political parties have reached an electoral understanding ahead of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections.

The alliance has been further strengthened with the inclusion of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman announced the development at an emergency press conference held at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon, 28 December.

He said the original eight-party alliance has now been expanded with the addition of the NCP and the LDP. Shafiqur Rahman also stated that seat-sharing arrangements have already been finalised through mutual negotiations.

While noting that several other parties have shown interest in joining the alliance, he said it would not be possible to accommodate them at this stage.

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