Category: BDFA News
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All-Women Polling Staff Deployed at Chandpur Centers to Encourage Women Voters
Authorities in Chandpur have assigned only women officials to several polling stations in an effort to encourage women voters in Rupsha South Union, where women’s turnout has historically been extremely low. The initiative comes ahead of the upcoming national election. Local accounts say that for decades many women in the union have not gone to…
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Jui Chakma Alleges Banner Vandalism, Raises Fear of Polling Center Capture in Rangamati
Jui Chakma, candidate of the Revolutionary Workers Party in the Rangamati constituency, alleged that her campaign banners and festoons were torn and expressed fears of polling center capture on election day. She made the claims at a “Meet the Press” event at the election office in the court building area of Rangamati town on Monday…
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Rizvi (BNP) Says Women’s Rights Would be Harmed if Jamaat Comes to Power
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Joint Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said women’s rights would be harmed if Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami came to power. He made the remarks at a BNP election rally in the Kurigram-2 constituency on Monday afternoon at the Central Eidgah ground in Kurigram Sadar. Rizvi said that under Jamaat’s rule, women would…
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