Revolutionary Workers Party slates RPO amendment 'without discussion'
The Revolutionary Workers Party has voiced dissatisfaction over the amendment to the Representation of the People Order (RPO), arguing that changes to it were made without consulting political parties. The Representation of the People's Order (RPO) Amendment Ordinance was issued on Monday, bringing extensive reforms to the electoral law. Saiful said: "It was necessary to discuss the RPO with political parties before finalising it. The RPO amendment has already been issued. The biggest challenge now is to increase the capacity and dignity of the Election Commission."
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November 04, 2025 09:23 UTC
Police recover woman’s body found in gunny sack in Dhaka
Police have recovered the body of a woman packed in a gunny sack from Dhaka’s Shahjahanpur. After recovering the woman’s body, police identified her as Surovi Akter, 21. Shahjahanpur Police Station OC Jahangir Alam said that Suravi, a garment worker, lived with her husband in a rented house in Bakshibagh. They got married without the consent of their families and started living in the rented house. “We assume that (Suravi’s) husband killed her and fled the scene.”
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November 04, 2025 07:46 UTC
48,000 police personnel complete special training for national election
Out of 150,000 police personnel designated for duty in the upcoming national parliamentary election due in February, 48,000 have completed their election training. The statement reads: "To enhance the skills and capability of police members for professional duty during the upcoming national parliamentary election, 48,134 police personnel have received election training so far. "The inspector general of police (IGP) visited Rajshahi and Bogura last Sunday to physically inspect the field-level election training activities. Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury inaugurated the election training programme on Sept 7. Police noted that this is the first time such training has been organised for its members surrounding a national election and the ongoing election training will continue until mid-January.
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November 04, 2025 07:10 UTC
China's Xi seeks to boost investment, expand economic ties with Russia
Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov/Pool via REUTERSChina's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sought to expand mutual investment with Russia and affirmed Beijing's commitment to advance ties despite "turbulent" external conditions, Chinese state media reported. "China-Russia relations have stayed the course toward higher-level and higher-quality development, advancing steadily despite a turbulent external environment," Xi told Mishustin, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a "no-limits" partnership in February 2022 days before Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Since then, Russia has turned to China to blunt the impact of sanctions, highlighting record trade, increased settlements in yuan and deepening energy cooperation. Chinese state oil majors suspended purchases of seaborne Russian oil following US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Moscow's two biggest oil companies, Reuters reported last month.
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November 04, 2025 06:48 UTC
RPO amendment brings new provisions for polls, fugitives barred from voting
Several new provisions have been introduced in the amended Representation of the People Order (RPO) ordinance for the upcoming parliamentary election. Section 8: District election officers will prepare the list of polling stations, subject to EC approval. However, there will be no “no” vote provision if a re-election is held. Section 26: With the decision not to use electronic voting machines (EVMs), all related provisions have been abolished. Section 27: Postal voting provisions have been added for expatriates, government employees, and voters detained within the country.
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November 04, 2025 06:07 UTC
Jamaat chief says party will announce candidates ‘when it’s time’
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will announce its “final” list of candidates for the 13th national parliamentary elections when “it’s time,” according to party chief Shafiqur Rahman. In response to a question there, the Jamaat ameer said, "The BNP has not published its final list. I saw that they have published the list of candidates for 237 seats and again said that it was not final. The central body of the party will announce the final list on time, Allah willing." He highlighted that they also have to keep in mind the issue of announcing their candidates as part of alliances this time.
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November 04, 2025 06:02 UTC
Parliamentary candidates must use own party symbol, even in alliance: Ordinance
The interim government has issued the Representation of the People's Order (RPO) Amendment Ordinance, 2025, with a provision that says candidates must run using their registered party’s symbol even if they form an alliance. The Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs issued the ordinance in the form of a gazette on Monday, bdnews24.com reports. Earlier, the draft of the RPO Amendment Ordinance was approved in principle at a meeting of the Advisory Council on October 23. As a result, even if more than one registered party forms an alliance in the 13th parliamentary election, the candidates nominated by the alliance will not be able to run using the symbol of another party, but have to contest under their own party’s symbol. The reforms to electoral law have been completed with the issuing of the RPO Amendment Ordinance.
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November 04, 2025 04:22 UTC
For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopening
For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopeningPeople walk along the National Mall, in view of the US Capitol building, more than a month into the continuing US government shutdown in Washington, DC, US, Nov 2, 2025. REUTERSPeople walk along the National Mall, in view of the US Capitol building, more than a month into the continuing US government shutdown in Washington, DC, US, Nov 2, 2025. REUTERSThe first glimmers toward ending a near-record long federal government shutdown were seen in the US Capitol on Monday, as leading Senate Republicans and Democrats talked of a possible "off-ramp" to the disruption. "I’m optimistic," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican, told reporters when asked about prospects for ending the government shutdown that has many federal employees performing their jobs without paychecks. Asked if he was confident of ending the shutdown, Thune, of South Dakota, hedged, saying: "Don’t push it."
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November 04, 2025 03:00 UTC
Dengue: 5 deaths, 1,147 hospital admissions reported in 24 hours
Bangladesh has reported 1,147 new hospitalisations due to dengue in the past 24 hours with five fatalities. Of the latest deaths, three occurred in Dhaka Division, and one each in Dhaka North City Corporation and Rajshahi. The health directorate reported that the highest number of new hospitalisations was in the Dhaka North City Corporation, where 284 patients were admitted. Other locations recorded the following admissions in the past 24 hours:Dhaka Division: 266Dhaka South City Corporation: 145Chattogram Division: 98Mymensingh Division: 65Rajshahi Division: 70Khulna Division: 59Sylhet Division: 9Rangpur Division: 19October saw 22,520 dengue hospitalisations, the highest in any single month in the past 10 months. The highest annual hospitalisations occurred in 2023, with 321,179 cases, while the highest deaths in a single year were 1,705, also in 2023.
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November 03, 2025 20:21 UTC
273 SIs promoted to Inspector
Bangladesh Police has promoted 273 sub-inspectors (SIs) from various units to the rank of Inspector, according to a Police Headquarters circular. The Police Headquarters issued three separate gazette notifications signed by Afrida Rubaiyat, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in this regard on Monday. According to the notifications, Inspector General of Police (IGP) has given the promotion of 273 SIs to the rank of inspector from unarmed SIs, armed SIs and traffic sergeants. It said that a total of 148 unarmed SIs, 97 armed SIs and 28 city and traffic sergeants were promoted to the rank of Inspector. The order issued for the public interest will come to effect immediately.
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November 03, 2025 19:06 UTC
Police block spl schoolteachers' Jamuna march over MPO inclusion
Police have blocked a group of teachers as they attempted to march towards the State Guest House Jamuna over demands to include schools for children with disabilities as MPO-enlisted institutions.When stopped, the teachers blocked the road outside the National Press Club on Monday, prompting police to remove them by force.Earlier in the day, the teachers had been holding a sit-in at the same location as part of their ongoing protest. Around noon, the demonstrators began marching towards Jamuna, but police intercepted them near the Kadom Fountain.A seven-member delegation from the group was later allowed to meet with authorities for discussions, while others continued their protest on the street.After about half an hour, police dispersed the demonstrators, leading to scuffles between officers and the teachers.The protesters then returned to their sit-in outside the Press Club.One of the demonstrating teachers told bdnews24.com, "We've been staging our protest for nine days. When the police blocked our march, we sat on the road in protest. They used force to remove us and detained one of our colleagues for questioning. "Digital advertising space.�"bdnews24.com
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November 03, 2025 19:01 UTC
Conflict over reforms: Will what didn't happen in 8 months possible in 7 days?
Conflict over reforms: Will what didn't happen in 8 months possible in 7 days? The interim government has given political parties one week to resolve disagreements over the process of implementing the July National Charter and the referendum date. Analysts, however, raised questions about how much resolution is possible in seven days when the disputes were not settled during the Consensus Commission's eight months of dialogue with the parties. Now, if you say that the political parties will decide among themselves, then why have an interim government? The long-time allied political parties of the anti-fascist movement have been urged to hold discussions on their own initiative and provide the government with a unified directive in the fastest possible time, if possible within the next week, he added.
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November 03, 2025 18:47 UTC
Iran's Supreme Leader says cooperation with US not possible while it backs Israel
Iran's Supreme Leader says cooperation with US not possible while it backs IsraelCooperation between Iran and the United States is not possible as long as Washington continues to support Israel and to maintain military bases and interfere in the Middle East region, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday. Khamenei's comments came as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to increase pressure on Iran. Cooperation with Iran is not possible as long as the US continues to support the accursed Zionist regime, maintains military bases, and interferes in the region," Khamenei said, according to state media. Trump said in October that the US is prepared to make a deal with Iran when Tehran is ready to do so, saying: "The hand of friendship and cooperation [with Iran] is open." The two countries held five rounds of nuclear talks, prior to a 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June, which Washington joined by striking key Iranian nuclear sites.
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November 03, 2025 18:23 UTC
Overlooked Madaripur-1 candidate’s supporters block Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway
Supporters of a BNP leader have blocked the Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway after he was denied the party’s nomination for the Madaripur-1 constituency. The demonstration began around 7:30pm on Monday, said Shibchar Highway Police chief Jaharul Islam. Five BNP leaders had sought the party’s nomination for the Madaripur-1 constituency, which covers Shibchar Upazila. Among them, Kamal Zaman Nuruddin Mollah, former convenor of Shibchar Upazila BNP, was nominated to contest from Madaripur-1. Both Shibchar Highway Police and Shibchar Police later arrived at the scene and dispersed the protesters, said Jaharul, adding that traffic had since returned to normal.
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November 03, 2025 18:09 UTC
BNP names six new candidates in Chattogram, keeps four from 2018
BNP names six new candidates in Chattogram, keeps four from 2018In the first phase of nominations for the national election, the BNP has announced candidates for 10 out of 16 constituencies in Chattogram, featuring six new faces, two of whom are following in their fathers’ political footsteps. According to the list, the BNP has retained its 2018 candidates in Chattogram-1, Chattogram-12, and Chattogram-13. Among the six vacant constituencies, at least three -- Chattogram-3 (Sandwip), Chattogram-6 (Raozan), and Chattogram-9 (Kotwali) -- have multiple strong contenders vying for the nomination. Brushing aside any notion of complications in candidate selection, he added that Chattogram-14 might be allocated to an alliance partner. In 2018, the BNP also ceded these two constituencies to allies -- LDP leader Oli Ahmed contested Chattogram-14, while Jamaat-e-Islami’s ANM Shamsul Islam ran in Chattogram-15, both under the paddy sheaf symbol.
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November 03, 2025 17:47 UTC