LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Tajul Islam administers oath to the newly elected councillors of Narayanganj City Corporation in Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina witnesses it virtually from the Ganobhaban. PID photo

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BNP slams CEC for its ‘helplessness’

UNB, Dhaka :BNP has come down heavily on Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda for apparently not doing anything about the attacks on the party’s election campaigns.“We think he (CEC) is helpless and really embarrassed because he cannot do anything,” BNP Vice-Chairman Selima Rahman told reporters on Wednesday.BNP has long been critical of the Election Commission, going to the extent of calling it “subservient to the government.”But the EC has been maintaining that it is neutral and will do everything...

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