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Zaima Rahman completes voter registration

Zaima Rahman completes voter registration

Zaima Rahman, the daughter of BNP leader Tarique Rahman, has completed the formalities to be registered as a voter ahead of the upcoming general election. She provided fingerprints, iris scans and other biometric information at the Election Training Institute (ETI) building in Agargaon on Saturd


Tarique Rahman to receive NID within 24 hrs: NID DG

Tarique Rahman to receive NID within 24 hrs: NID DG

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to receive his National Identity Card (NID) within 24 hours of completing his voter registration, ASM Humayun Kabir, Director General of the National Identity Registration Wing at the Election Commission, said on Saturday. "Tarique Rahman has already

Tarique arrives at EC’s NID wing to register as voter

Tarique arrives at EC’s NID wing to register as voter

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman arrived at the Election Commission's National Identity Wing in the city's Agargaon area on Saturday to complete his National Identity Card (NID) registration and enlist himself as a voter. He reached the National Identity Wing office, located at the Electoral Tra

Tarique heads to Election Commision to enrol as voter

Tarique heads to Election Commision to enrol as voter

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has set off for the Election Commission headquarters to register as a voter after visiting the graves of slain Inquilab Moncho leader Osman Hadi and National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. His motorcade departed from the National Poet’s Mausoleum complex at Dhaka

Tarique Rahman's presence triggers euphoria

Tarique Rahman's presence triggers euphoria

Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has emerged as a galvanising figure in the political arena after his return to the country on Thursday following 17 years in exile, drawing vast jubilant crowds wherever he has made appearances. From the moment he set f

No legal bar for Tarique Rahman to be registered as voter: EC

No legal bar for Tarique Rahman to be registered as voter: EC

Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud on Friday said there is no legal obstacle for BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to be enlisted as a voter. Talking to BSS, the election commissioner said the Election Commission has the authority to enlist any individual as a voter at any time under Sect

Jatiya Party threatens polls boycott

Jatiya Party threatens polls boycott

After announcing candidates for 243 constituencies in the general election, the Jatiya Party faction led by GM Quader has threatened to withdraw from the election if their two conditions are not met. The threat came at a press conference hosted by the party at the Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan on Fri

148 tonnes of waste cleared from Tarique rally venue

148 tonnes of waste cleared from Tarique rally venue

Dhaka North City Corporation has cleared 148 tonnes of waste from Purbachal’s July 36 Expressway, commonly known as the 300 Feet Road, where BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman attended a reception upon returning home after 17 years in exile. In a statement on Friday, the DNCC said it

BNP takes initiatives to cleanup 'July 36 Expressway Venue'

BNP takes initiatives to cleanup 'July 36 Expressway Venue'

Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP's) Dhaka North City unit has taken the initiative to conduct cleanup drives at "July 36 Expressway" (popularly known as the 300-feet road), used for its Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's public address, in the Purbachal area of the capital. The multi-faceted clea