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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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Shahbagh Intersection Blocked as Protesters Demand Home Affairs Adviser’s Resignation

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Shahbagh Intersection Blocked as Protesters Demand Home Affairs Adviser’s Resignation

Members of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, the student wing of the National Citizen Party (NCP), blocked the Shahbagh intersection in the capital on Monday, demanding the resignation of the home affairs adviser.

The protesters took to the streets around 12:45 pm, causing a complete standstill in traffic in the area.

The demand was raised in protest against what they described as the authorities’ failure to arrest those involved in the attempted killing of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, convener of Inqilab Moncho and a prospective candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, as well as the overall deterioration of law and order in the country.

Shahbagh Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Moniruzzaman told Prothom Alo that protesters were blocking the intersection and that police were working to bring the situation under control.

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