The ruling party Awami League is going to get 48 out of 50 reserved seats for women in the 12th National Parliament with the  independent parliamentarians.   The ruling party has informed the Election Commission (EC) that it has sought the support of its 14 alliance partners and independents regarding the distribution of reserved seats for women on Wednesday (Jan 31) A delegation of Awami League submitted the letter signed by party secretary, Obaidul Quader, to the EC Secretary this afternoon.   In response to a question, Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon said that independent members of parliament have voluntarily surrendered their voting rights to Awami League. They have surrendered their voting rights to the Awami League President PM Sheikh Hasina. Earlier, Awami League won 223 parliamentary seats in the 12th national parliamentary election. The opposition Jatiya Party won 11 seats. Independent candidates won 62 seats. Besides, Workers Party, Jasad and Kalyan Party got 1 seat each.

Hundreds of Awami League leaders and activists are converging at Suhrawardy Udyan to attend a public rally organized to commemorate the historic homecoming day of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Supporters from various parts of Dhaka and the surrounding districts have been arriving since Wednesday (Jan 10) morning, creating a festive atmosphere. They are entering the Suhrawardy Udyan with small processions through different gates, marking the occasion with exuberance following their resounding victory in the 12th national parliament election.

The results of 214 out of 299 constituencies have been received till 11:40 pm on Sunday (January 7). According to the unofficial results, Awami League candidates secured 157 seats . Apart from this, 49 independent candidates and 8 Jatiya Party candidates have been elected. The party that wins more than half of the 300 seats i.e. 151 or more seats forms the government. As such, Awami League has already secured 157 seats . As a result, the party lead by Sheikh Hasina is going to form the government for the fourth consecutive time.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Thursday made an impassioned appeal to the people to return her party to power for a straight fourth term by casting votes in Sunday’s general election. “Today I’ve appeared before you to ask for votes in favour of the symbol, Boat,” she said in a televised address to the nation, her final campaign speech before the January 7 national election to form the country’s 12th parliament. The speech was aired at 7pm. “The call has come, it’s time to take the road”, Sheikh Hasina said quoting from poet Sunkanta Bhattacharya’s poem, Udayachal (From the east). In her over 24 minute speech, the prime minister said she is seeking another five-year term in office to make the development sustainable, work to improve people’s living standards and build a developed smart Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty. Prime Minister Hasina said during her Awami League government’s three consecutive terms (2009-2023) the country has witnessed the continuation of a “democratic trend and stability” in the process of building a people’s welfare-oriented society based on “equality and justice.” “If we can form the government again by getting your valuable votes we will be able to continue with the implementation of the programs taken by us,” she said adding that this will give “us an opportunity to further improve your living condition.” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanked the people of the country for allowing Awami League to serve them by voting for the Boat symbol in the past. She also said whatever she has achieved in this long journey “would not have been possible without your support.” “If I have made any mistakes along the way, my request to you is to look at the matter in the eyes of forgiveness. If I can form the government again, I will get a chance to correct the mistakes. Give me an opportunity to serve you by voting for the Boat symbol in the January 7 election,” she said. She requested the people to keep confidence in her as she considers them as her family. “Let's all make this Bangladesh a smart Sonar Bangla and fulfill the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,” she appealed to the people. The prime minister urged all political parties and institutions that believe in democracy and the rule of law not to pamper and fuel any idiosyncratic ideas that will disrupt the constitutional process of the country. The ruling party chief said that her party is expecting a free, fair and impartial election on Sunday. In this connection, she said that this is the first time in Bangladesh that the Election Commission has been formed under a law passed by the parliament. “The Election Commission has been given financial independence. The administration and law enforcement agencies are now placed under the Election Commission,” she said. The prime minister also said that the Election Commissiom is conducting the election independently. “Our government is giving all kinds of support to the Election Commission for conducting fair and peaceful elections,” she said. She mentioned the Awami League is a party of the mass people and whenever it comes to power it ensures the economic and social development of the country. The government has ensured food, safety, health services, housing, education, and employment to the people besides making massive infrastructure development, she said. Talking about her party’s election manifesto, Hasina mentioned 12 priorities for the socio-economic development of the country. These are: 1. To protect and promote the practice of democratic systems at all levels. 2. Making every effort to keep prices within the purchasing power of all. 3. Ensuring employability education and youth employment. 4. Building smart Bangladesh based on modern technology. 5. Mechanization of integrated agricultural systems with the aim of increasing production and taking measures to preserve the products. 6. Establishment of agricultural products and food processing industries. 7. To create employment opportunities by developing infrastructure and industries up to the village level. 8. To increase efficiency and capacity of the bank, insurance and financial sector. 9. Making health services affordable to low-income people. 10. To ensure individual and social security by including all in the universal pension system. 11. Making law enforcement agencies efficient in the use of modern technology and ensuring their accountability. 12. Elimination of communalism as well as all forms of terrorism and militancy. Briefly describing the overall development of the country in the last 15 years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the growth reached 7.25%, per capita income increased five times, budget size increased 12 times and the Annual Development Program increased 13 times, GDP size increased 12 times, foreign exchange reserve increased 36 times, export earnings increased five times, annual remittance increased six times, foreign investment increased six times. Wages of workers increased nine times, foreign exchange reserve increased 36 times while export earnings increased five times, she noted. She also mentioned that the poverty rate declined from 41.51%to 18.7% while the extreme poverty rate reduced by five times. Drinking water coverage increased from 55% to 98.8%. Sanitary latrines increased from 43.28% to 97.32% Infant mortality decreased from 84 per thousand to 21. Maternal mortality decreased from 360 per 100,000 to 156. The average human lifespan is 72.8 years now. The prime minister said that power generation capacity increased eight times in the last 15 years while the electricity consumption rate increased from 28% to 100%. Literacy rate increased to 76.8% while 22 times enhancement in technical education. The grain production increased four times, she added. She said that there is a huge difference between Bangladesh 15 years ago and today's Bangladesh. People's quality of life has improved. People today dream of a better life. Turning to her foreign policy Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that Bangladesh wants peace and shuns war. “We want an end to the wars in Palestine and Ukraine. We want an end to the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Bangladesh is always with the people of Palestine,” she said.

Awami League chief PM Sheikh Hasina has pledged to make arrangements so that journalists do not face torture, intimidation or false cases, if her party is elected in the next general election on January 7.   “As per the newly enacted law, the Cyber Security Act, the privacy and information of individuals will be protected, and appropriate measures will continue to be taken to prevent misuse,” she said while announcing the party's election manifesto at a Dhaka hotel on Wednesday (Dec 27). She said financial and medical assistance to journalists will be further extended under the Journalist Welfare Trust, while the process of forming the 10th Wage Board for journalists is underway. Sheikh Hasina said her government has ensured the free flow of information and freedom of media. “In the 1996-2001 tenure, we were the first to open television and radio to the private sector,” she told. Mass media has developed tremendously in the last 15 years, and the number of newspapers in the country is now 3,241, while 33 private TV channels, 23 FM radio channels and 18 community radio stations are currently broadcasting, she added.  

The Awami Action Committee and the All-Party Alliance have announced a protest movement in the entire Gilgit-Baltistan from December 21 against the surge in the price of wheat and reduction in subsidies, a local Urdu newspaper, DailyK2 reported. The Awami Action Committee and the All-Party Alliance have announced a protest movement in the entire Gilgit-Baltistan from December 21 against the surge in the price of wheat and reduction in subsidies, a local Urdu newspaper, DailyK2 reported. A joint meeting of the alliance was held under the chairmanship of Action Committee Chairman Ehsan Ali Advocate at a local hotel in Skardu, in which the leaders of the Public Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan and the leaders of all political, religious, nationalist parties and business organisations were present. Moreover, a large number of lawyers participated in the joint meeting and they discussed the increase in the price of wheat that is raising concerns amongst residents, reported DailyK2. Following the meeting, it was unanimously decided that since December 20 was given to the government to approve the demands, a large-scale protest movement will be started in the entire Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), on December 21. Protests will begin simultaneously in all districts and there will be protest sit-ins and demonstrations against the increase in the price of wheat in the streets, according to DailyK2. Moreover, if the protest continues, the scope of the protest will spread to other parts of the country. Later, the Chairman of the Public Action Committee, Ehsan Ali Advocate, while addressing the joint meeting, said that the Provincial Assembly is a dummy assembly. Even though the law has not been passed, all the money is going into the pockets of the elite, there is spectacle everywhere, and the public has been made a scapegoat, he said, according to DailyK2.  Source: ANI

The ruling party Awami League will share 32 seats with Jatiya Party (JaPa) and 14-party partners in the upcoming national election scheduled on January 7. The party’s office Secretaryt Biplab Barua informed this matter to media at Election Commission (EC) on Sunday afternoon. Awami League will leave 26 seats for Jatiya Party and six for 14 party partners, he added. Awami League has issued a letter to the EC officially about their party candidates on Sunday. The party has withdrawn their party candidates for Jatiya Party in 26 seats where Jatiya Party will contest with their party symbol. Meanwhile, the leaders of 14-party will contest the poll with Awami League electoral symbol.    

Awami League has finalized party candidates for 300 seats to participate in the 12th National Parliament elections. On Sunday (November 26) around 4:30 in the afternoon, the general secretary of the party, Obaidul Quader, announced the names of the candidates in a press conference at the party office at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue. List of Awami League candidates for 300 seats - Panchagarh-1 Md. Naeemuzzaman Bhuiyan Panchagarh-2 Md. Nurul Islam Sujan Thakurgaon-1 Ramesh Chandra Sen Thakurgaon-2 Md. Mazharul Islam Thakurgaon-3 Md. Imdadul Haque Dinajpur-1 Manoranjan Sheel Gopal Dinajpur-2 Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury Dinajpur-3 Iqbalur Rahim Dinajpur-4 Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali Dinajpur-5 Mostafizur Rahman Dinajpur-6 Md. Shibli Sadiq Nilphamari-1 Md. Aftab Uddin Sarkar Nilphamari-2 Asaduzzaman Noor Nilphamari-3 Md. Golam Mustafa Nilphamari-4 Md. Zakir Hossain Babul Lalmonirhat-1 Md. Motahar Hossain Lalmonirhat-2 Nuruzzaman Ahmed Lalmonirhat-3 Md. Matiar Rahman Rangpur-1 Md. Rezaul Karim Raju Rangpur-2 Abul Kalam Md. Ahsanul Haque Chowdhury Rangpur-3 Tushar Kanti Mandal Rangpur-4 Tipu Munshi Rangpur-5 Rashek Rahman Rangpur-6 Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury Kurigram-1 Md. Achlam Hossain Saudagar Kurigram-2 Md. Zafar Ali Kurigram-3 Soumendra Prasad Pandey Kurigram-4 Md. Biplab Hasan Gaibandha-1 Afroza Bari Gaibandha-2 Mahbbu Ara Begum Gini Gaibandha-3 Umm Kulsoom Smirity Gaibandha-4 Md. Abul Kalam Azad Gaibandha-5 Mahmud Hasan Jaipurhat-1 Samchhul Alam Dudu Jaipurhat-2 Abu Saeed Al Mahmud Swapan Bogra-1 Sahadara Mannan Bogra-2 Tauhidur Rahman Manik Bogra-3 Md. Sirajul Islam Khan Raju Bogra-4 Md. Helal Uddin Kabiraj Bogra-5 Md. Mujibur Rahman (Majnu) Bogra-6 Ragebul Ahsan Ripu Bogra-7 Md. Mustafa Alam Chapainawabganj-1 Dr. Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul Chapainawabganj-2 Md. Ziaur Rahman Chapainawabganj-3 Md. Abdul Odud Naogaon-1 Sadhan Chandra Majumdar Naogaon-2 Md. Shahiduzzaman Sharker Naogaon-3 Sourendra Nath Chakraborty Naogaon-4 Md. Nahid Morshed Naogaon-5 Nizam Uddin Jalil (Jhon) Naogaon-6 Md. Anwar Hossain Helal Rajshahi-1 Omar Farooq Chowdhury Rajshahi-2 Mohammad Ali Rajshahi-3 Md. Asaduzzaman Asad Rajshahi-4 Md. Abul Kalam Azad Rajshahi-5 Md. Abdul Wadud Rajshahi-6 Md. Shahriar Alam Natore-1 Md. Shahidul Islam (Bakul) Nator-2 Shafiqul Islam Shimul Natore-3 Junaid Ahmed Palak Natore-4 Md. Siddiqur Rahman Patwari Sirajganj-1 Tanveer Shakeel Joy Sirajganj-2 Mrs. Jannat Ara Henry Sirajganj-3 Md. Abdul Aziz Sirajganj-4 Md. Shafiqul Islam Sirajganj-5 Abdul Momin Mandal Sirajganj-6 Chayan Islam Pabna-1 Md. Shamsul Haque Tuku Pabna-2 Ahmed Firoz Kabir Pabna-3 Md. Maqbul Hossain Pabna-4 Galibur Rahman Sharif Pabna-5 Golam Farooq Khandkar Prince Meherpur-1 Farhad Hossain Meherpur-2 Abu Saleh Mohammad Nazmul Haque Kushtia-1 A k M Sarwar Jahan Kushtia-2 Will be released later Kushtia-3 Md. Mahbubul Alam Hanif Kushtia-4 Salim Altaf George Chuadanga-1 Sulaiman Haque Joarddar (Cheloon) Chuadanga-2 Md. Ali Azgar Jhenaidah-1 Md. Abdul Hi Jhenaidah-2 Tahjeeb Alam Siddiqui Jhenaidah-3 Md. Salah Uddin Miyaji Jhenaidah-4 Md. Anwarul Azim (Anar) Jessore-1 Sheikh Afil Uddin Jessore-2 Md. Tawhidujjaman Jessore-3 Kazi Nabil Ahmed Jessore-4 Enamul Haque Babul Jessore-5 Swapan Bhattacharya Jessore-6 Shaheen Chakladar Magura-1 Shakib Al Hasan Magura-2 Shri Biren Shikder Narail-1 BM Kabirul Haque Narail-2 Mashrafe bin Mortza Bagerhat-1 Sheikh Helal Uddin Bagerhat-2 Sheikh Tanmoy Bagerhat-3 Habibun Nahar Bagerhat-4 HM Badiuzzaman Sohag Khulna-1 Nani Gopal Mandal Khulna-2 Sheikh Salahuddin Khulna-3 SM Kamal Hossain Khulna-4 Abdus Salam Murshedi Khulna-5 Narayan Chandra Chando Khulna-6 Md. Rashiduzzaman Satkhira-1 Feroz Ahmed Swapan Satkhira-2 Md. Asaduzzaman Babu Satkhira-3 A F M Ruhul Haque Satkhira-4 SM Ataul Haque Barguna-1 Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu Barguna-2 Sultana Nadira Patuakhali-1 Md. Afzal Hossain Patuakhali-2 ASM Feroz Patuakhali-3 SM Shahzada Patuakhali-4 Md. Mohibbur Rahman Bhola-1 Tofail Ahmed Bhola-2 Ali Azam Bhola-3 Nurannabi Chowdhury Bhola-4 Abdullah Al Islam Jacob Barisal-1 Abul Hasanat Abdullah Barisal-2 Talukdar Md. Yunus Barisal-3 Sardar Md. Khaled Hossain Barisal-4 Shammi Ahmed Barisal-5 Zahid Farooq Barisal-6 Abdul Hafiz Mallik Jhalakathi-1 Bajlul Haque Haroon Jhalkathi-2 Amir Hossain Aamu Pirojpur- 1 S M  Rezaul Karim Pirojpur-2 Kanai Lal Biswas Pirojpur-3 Md. Ashrafur Rahman Tangail-1 Md. Abdur Razzaq Tangail-2 Chhota Monir Tangail-3 Md. Kamrul Hasan Khan Tangail-4 Md. Mozharul Islam Talukdar Tangail-5 Md. Mamun-ur-Rashid Tangail-6 Ahsanul Islam (Titu) Tangail-7 Khan Ahmed Shubo Tangail-8 Anupam Shahjahan Joy Jamalpur-1 Noor Mohammad Jamalpur-2 Md. Faridul Haque Khan Jamalpur-3 Mirza Azam Jamalpur-4 Md. Mahbubur Rahman Jamalpur-5 Md. Abul Kalam Azad Sherpur-1 Md. Atiur Rahman Atiq Sherpur-2 Matia Chowdhury Sherpur-3 ADM Shahidul Islam Mymensingh-1 Jewel Arang Mymensingh-2 Sharif Ahmed Mymensingh-3 Nilufar Anjum Mymensingh-4 Mohammad Mohit ur Rahman Mymensingh-5 Md. Abdul Hai Akand Mymensingh-6 Md. Muslim Uddin Mymensingh-7 Md. Hafez Ruhul Amin Madani Mymensingh-8 Md. Abduch Chatter Mymensingh-9 Abdus Salam Mymensingh-10 Fahmi Golandaz (Babel) Mymensingh-11 Kazim Uddin Ahmed Netrakona-1 Mushtaq Ahmed Ruhi Netrakona-2 Md. Ashraf Ali Khan Khosrow Netrakona-3 Asim Kumar Ukil Netrokona-4 Sazzadul Hasan Netrakona-5 Ahmad Hossain Kishoreganj-1 Syeda Zakia Noor Kishoreganj-2 Abdul Kahar Akand Kishoreganj-3 Md. Nasirul Islam Khan Kishoreganj-4 Rezwan Ahmed Taufiq Kishoreganj-5 Md. Afzal Hossain Kishoreganj-6 Nazmul Hasan Manikganj-1 Md. Abdus Salam Manikganj-2 Mumtaz Begum Manikganj-3 Zahid Malek Munshiganj-1 Mohiuddin Ahmed Munshiganj-2 Sagufta Yasmin Munshiganj-3 Mrinal Kanti Das Dhaka-1 Salman Fazlur Rahman Dhaka-2 Md. Kamrul Islam Dhaka-3 Nasrul Hamid Dhaka-4 Sanjida Khanam Dhaka-5 Harunor Rashid Munna Dhaka-6 Mohammad Saeed Khokon Dhaka-7 Mohammad Solaiman Salim Dhaka-8 A F M Bahauddin Nashim Dhaka-9 Saber Hossain Chowdhury Dhaka-10 Ferdous Ahmed Dhaka-11 Mohammad Wakil Uddin Dhaka-12 Asaduzzaman Khan Dhaka-13 Jahangir Kabir Nanak Dhaka-14 Md. Mainul Hossain Khan Dhaka-15 Kamal Ahmed Majumdar Dhaka-16 Md. Ilyas Uddin Mollah Dhaka-17 Muhammad Ali Arafat Dhaka-18 Mohammad Habib Hasan Dhaka-19 Dr. Md. Enamur Rahman Dhaka-20 Benazir Ahmad Gazipur-1 A K M Mozammel Haque Gazipur-2 Md. Zahid Ahsan Russell Gazipur-3 Rumana Ali Gazipur-4 Simin Hossain (Rimi) Gazipur-5 Meher Afroz Narsingdi-1 Mohammad Nazrul Islam Narsingdi-2 Anwarul Ashraf Khan Narsingdi-3 Fazle Rabbi Khan Narsingdi-4 Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun Narsingdi-5 Razi Uddin Ahmed Narayanganj-1 Golam Dastgir Ghazi Narayanganj-2 Md. Nazrul Islam Babu Narayanganj-3 Abdullah-al-Qaiser Narayanganj-4 Shamim Osman Narayanganj-5 will be published later Rajbari-1 Kazi Keramat Ali Rajbari-2 Md. Zillul Hakim Faridpur-1 Md. Abdur Rahman Faridpur-2 Shahdab Akbar Faridpur-3 Shamim Haque Faridpur-4 Kazi Zafar Ullah Gopalganj-1 Muhammad Farooq Khan Gopalganj-2 Sheikh Fazlul Karim Salim Gopalganj-3 Sheikh Hasina Madaripur-1 Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury Madaripur-2 Shajahan Khan Madaripur-3 Md. Abdus Sobhan Mia Shariatpur-1 Md. Iqbal Hossain Shariatpur-2 AKM Enamul Haque Shamim Shariatpur-3 Nahim Razzak Sunamganj-1 Ranjit Chandra Sarkar Sunamganj-2 Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mahmud Sunamganj-3 MA Mannan Sunamganj-4 Mohammad Sadiq Sunamganj-5 Muhibur Rahman Manik Sylhet-1 AK Abdul Momen Sylhet-2 Shafikur Rahman Chowdhury Sylhet-3 Habibur Rahman Sylhet-4 Imran Ahmad Sylhet-5 Masuk Uddin Ahmad Sylhet-6 Nurul Islam Nahid Moulvibazar-1 Md. Shahab Uddin Moulvibazar-2 Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Moulvibazar-3 Mohammad Zillur Rahman Moulvibazar-4 Md. Abdus Shaheed Habiganj-1 Dr. Md. Mushfiq Hussain Chowdhury Habiganj-2 Mayez Uddin Sharif Habiganj-3 Md. Abu Zahir Habiganj-4 Md. Mahabub Ali Brahmanbaria-1 Badruddoja Md. Farhad Hossain Brahmanbaria-2 Md. Shahjahan Alam Brahmanbaria-3 R A M Ubaidul Moktadir Chowdhury  Brahmanbaria-4 Anisul Haque Brahmanbaria-5 Faizur Rahman Brahmanbaria-6 Captain (retd) AB Tajul Islam Comilla-1 Md. Abdus Sabur Comilla-2 Selima Ahmad Comilla-3 Yusuf Abdullah Haroon Comilla-4 Razi Mohammad Fakhrul Comilla-5 Abul Hasem Khan Comilla-6 A K M Bahauddin Comilla-7 Pran Gopal Dutta Comilla-8 Abu Zafar Mohammad Shafi Uddin Comilla-9 Md. Tajul Islam Comilla-10 A H M Mustafa Kamal Comilla-11 Md. Mujibul Haque Chandpur-1 Salim Mahmud Chandpur-2 Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Chandpur-3 Dr. Deepu Moni Chandpur-4 Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman Chandpur-5 Rafiqul Islam Feni-1 Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury Feni-2 Nizam Uddin Hazari Feni-3 Md. Abul Bashar Noakhali-1 HM Ibrahim Noakhali-2 Morshed Alam Noakhali-3 Md. Mamunur Rashid Kiran Noakhali-4 Mohammad Ekramul Karim Chowdhury Noakhali-5 Obaidul Quader Noakhali-6 Mohammad Ali Laxmipur-1 Anwar Hossain Khan Laxmipur-2 Noor Uddin Chowdhury Nayan Laxmipur-3 Mohammad Golam Farooq Lakshmipur-4 Faridunnahar Laili Chittagong-1 Mahabub ur Rahman Chittagong-2 Khadijatul Anwar Chittagong-3 Mahfuzur Rahman Chittagong-4 SM Al Mamun Chittagong-5 Mohammad Abdus Salam Chittagong-6 ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury Chittagong-7 Mohammad Hasan Mahmud Chittagong-8 Noman Al Mahmud Chittagong-9 Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury Chittagong-10 Md. Mohiuddin Bachchu Chittagong-11 M Abdul Latif Chittagong-12 Motaherul Islam Chowdhury Chittagong-13 Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Chittagong-14 Md. Nazrul Islam Chowdhury Chittagong-15 Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Chittagong-16 Mostafizur Rahman Chowdhury Cox's Bazar-1 Salah Uddin Ahmad Cox's Bazar-2 Ashek Ullah Rafique Cox's Bazar-3 Saimum Sarwar Kamal Cox's Bazar-4 Shaheen Akhter Khagrachari- Kujendra Lal Tripura Rangamati- Dipankar Talukdar Bandarban- Bir Bahadur U Shai Singh Obaidul Quader said that the names of candidates for the two constituencies will not be published today. One is Narayanganj-5 Constituency and another is Kushtia-2 Constituency. Knowing that the nomination will be announced, a crowd of leaders and activists was seen in front of the central office of Awami League since this morning. Outside the office, many leaders and activists are waiting to get the nomination of their preferred candidate. There the activists are giving various slogans for the candidates. According to the schedule, the 12th National Assembly elections will be held on January 7. This time 3 thousand 362 people bought the nomination form of Awami League.

Obaidul Quader, Minister of Road Transport and Bridges of Bangladesh and General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League said the next national elections will be held in the first week of January. He said this at an event on 'National Safe Road Day' at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium on Sunday, October 22. He also said, the schedule for the 12th national election will be announced in the middle of November. In that time he mentioned to BNP leaders, "You (BNP) are dreaming to block the road, burn the bus and people and destroy the constitution as you wish; we will not let that happen. The election will be held according to the current constitution. The election train is leaving in November, if you miss it, you will fall behind." Awami League general secretary said that the country should be run according to the constitution. Election system will be according to the constitution. BNP's choice of blockade will not be fulfilled.

Veteran Awami League (AL) leader, former religious minister and valiant freedom fighter Principal Motiur Rahman passed away in Mymensingh Sunday at the age of 81. He breathed his last at 11 pm on Sunday due to old age complications while undergoing treatmentat Nexas cardiac hospital at Mymensingh.  His namaj-e-janaza will be held at Anjuman Eidgah Maidan at Mymensingh after Asr prayer on Monday, his family and party sources said. In the Liberation War In 1971, he played significant role. Mymensingh was freed from the Pakistani occupation force on December 10 under his leadership as well as he performed duties as a trainer of the freedom fighters and a successful organizer of the liberation war. He was in-charge of a youth camp at Meghalaya state of India during the liberation war, also directly participated in the war. In a row following national election in 2014, he served as religious minister after Awami League assumed office for the second time. He also served as a Principal of Shahid Alamgir Mansur Mintu College. In 2000, He was awarded Bangabandhu Padak, in 2022 prestigious Ekushey Padak.