Local News

More than 500 aspirants withdrew their candidature in the upcoming parliamentary elections on the last day for withdrawing nomination papers on Sunday.

A section of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College students have threatened to go on hunger strike demanding release of grade IX class teacher Hasna Hena, who is in jail, in a case filed over the suicide of Aritree Adhikari.

Both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party are still under pressure from the parties in the respective alliance on seat sharing in the December 30 general election.

Bangladesh Election Commission on Saturday rejected the appeal of jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia against the returning officers’ rejection of her nomination papers in three constituencies.

At least 78 more aspirants, including opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s 21 and ruling Awami League’s one, on Friday got their candidature reinstated as Election Commission declared their nomination papers valid after hearing petitions for the second consecutive day.

The Election Commission on Thursday reinstated candidature of 81 aspirants to vie for the December 30 general election whose nomination papers were earlier rejected by returning officers during scrutiny,

Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Class IX class teacher Hasna Hena was arrested at Uttara in Dhaka few hours after she was sacked along with acting principal Nazneen Ferdous, assistant headmistress Jinat Akhter.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 542 other aggrieved aspirants filed appeals with the Election Commission till Wednesday, the last day for filing appeal, challenging the decisions of the returning officers over the rejection and acceptance of nomination papers for the next general election slated for December 30.

The authorities of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College suspended the classes and examinations (from class I to XII) in all branches for an indefinite period amid the growing protests of students and guardians over the suicide of Aritree Adhikari.

Aggrieved aspirants on Tuesday continued to seek legal remedies against the cancellation of their nomination papers for the December 30 general election.