Local-elections

There is no legal or policy bar preventing MPO-enlisted teachers from participating in local government elections until non-government educational institutions are fully nationalized.Mir Shahe Alam, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, made these remarks on Thursday while addressing a conference organized by the Teachers-Employees Unity Alliance at the Engineers Institution Auditorium in Ramna, Dhaka."As long as non-government educational institutions are not...

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has said expatriate Bangladeshis must be given voting rights in local elections as well, just as they are in national elections. He made the remarks virtually while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion meeting titled “Remembering July Heroes,” organized by the France chapter of the NCP Diaspora Alliance on Thursday. Addressing the event as the chief guest, lawmaker Nahid Islam said, “The current government has rejected the verdict o...