Category: BDFA News
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Female Candidate Habiba Begum Assaulted and Hospitalized at Rajshahi Polling Center
Independent candidate Habiba Begum, the only female contender in Rajshahi-3 (Paba–Mohanpur), was reportedly assaulted during voting on February 12 and later hospitalized, according to her election team. A written complaint has been submitted to the Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner after police allegedly declined to register the case. Habiba Begum, a former vice-chairman of Mohanpur…
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Women’s Representation Drops Sharply: Only 7 Women Elected to 13th Parliament
Women’s direct representation in Bangladesh’s parliament has fallen to one of its lowest levels in recent history. In the 13th parliamentary election, only seven women were elected out of 297 seats, despite women constituting nearly half of the electorate. A total of 1,981 candidates contested the election, but only 81 were women, just 4.08 percent…
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BNP Tells CEC Voters Being Influenced with Money, ‘Special Clothes’ For Women Before Polls
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday raised serious allegations of pre-election irregularities in a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the Election Bhaban in Agargaon. Speaking after the meeting, BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan said reports were emerging of money being distributed to voters and “special clothes” being prepared for…
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