United News of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho has won the Bhola-1 constituency in the 13th national election by a significant margin. He secured 104,462 votes with the party’s ‘Bullock Cart’ symbol. His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Principal Nazrul Islam, received 73,773 votes with the ‘Scale’ symbol. In the key district seat, Islami Andolan candidate Maulana Obaidur Rahman polled 25,092 votes with the ‘Hand Fan’ symbol. AL silence on Khaleda: Politics can be very cruel sometimes, says Partho Among the other candidates, Ainur Rahman Jewel Mia of Gono Odhikar Parishad secured 1,103 votes with the ‘Truck’ symbol, Akbar Hossain of Jatiya Party received 594 votes with the ‘Plough’ symbol, Mohammad Ashraf Ali of Islamic Front got 302 votes, Md Mizanur Rahman of the National People’s Party (NPP) obtained 213 votes with the ‘Mango’ symbol, and independent candidate Rafizul Hossain received 133 votes with the ‘Sunflower’ symbol.

Bangladesh Jatiyo Party (Manzu) Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho has proposed formation of a commission on "Laundered Money Recovery" so that stolen money can be brought back from abroad. He said financial corruption is one of the crimes committed by the Awami League government apart from killing people and destroying democracy in Bangladesh. "I said a commission named - Laundered Money Recovery- should be formed," Partho told reporters after a dialogue with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday. He said stolen money can be recovered from the countries like United Kingdom, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Singapore where huge money was laundered. Partho said those who were involved in "mass killings" should be kept out of any election. He, however, said international standards must be maintained in dealing with cases in the International Crimes Tribunal. 2 more BNP leaders, Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho held The BJP Chief said 45 names were not disclosed in a case though the accused have the rights to know what kind of case is filed. "I said it should be done to maintain international standards, (You) need to be careful," he said. Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) founder Bobby Hajjaj conveyed to the Chief Adviser that an election can be held in June next year or after that. "We think the election can easily be possible in June 2925 or after June," he told reporters after his party's meeting with the Chief Adviser. Bobby said the interim government requires to try accordingly. "They assumed us to remain continuously engaged with us to discuss." Briefing the reporters at the Foreign Service Academy, Chief Adviser's Special Assistant Mahfuj Alam on Saturday evening said the reform works and election-centric preparation will continue simultaneously. He said the government will form a search committee following the existing law to constitute a new Election Commission for taking forward the relevant activities to hold the next national election. The Chief Adviser also held dialogue with political parties, including Liberal Democrats Party, Gono Forum, Jatiyatabadi Samamana Jote, 12 parties, Jatiya Mukti Council, Labour Party and Bangladesh Jasad (Sharif Nurul Ambia) at the state guesthouse Jamuna.