Minority concerns must be treated as national issues to sustain democracy in Bangladesh, speakers said at the launch of a Center for Governance Studies (CGS) report in the capital yesterday.

In an election season dominated by blaring loudspeakers and long motorcades, Rangpur-4 candidate Pragati Barman Toma is taking a different approach: a quiet, door-to-door campaign, focused entirely on a manifesto centred on farmers’ rights, women’s dignity and basic public services.

Police recovered a throat-slit body of a woman from her residence in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Saturday night.

The eighth death anniversary of Sultan Ara Khan, wife of Shafiul Alam Khan, a retired employee of Karnaphuli Paper Mills Ltd in Chattogram, will be observed today.

The interim government has recommended the withdrawal of 23,865 cases it identified as politically motivated and filed during the tenure of the Awami League government, paving the way for relief to nearly five lakh people.

Rezia Ahmed, wife of late Zamiruddin Ahmed, a Supreme Court lawyer and former ambassador to Malaysia, Libya, and Tunisia, passed away on Saturday night. She was 90.

When major political parties highlighted health issues prominently in their election manifestos, many of their plans lacked clarity in terms of implementation, with some pledges appearing highly ambitious, experts said.

The Election Commission had claimed that it would monitor the campaigns of political parties and candidates on social media ahead of the 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum scheduled for February 12.

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