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‘Smart Election Management BD’: App for Election!
The Election Commission (EC) has recently launched a new app, named ‘Smart Election Management BD,’ to serve as a repository of information for the assurance of a ‘Smart Bangladesh.’ The app provides detailed information such as voter numbers, polling center names, candidate details, party information, and constituency-based data. Additionally, it includes legal aspects, voting rates, and various other election-related statistics. Users can also access images of polling centers and geographic location maps.
This app enables citizens to access comprehensive election information, including details about all seats in every division of the country. Furthermore, it offers information about any candidate’s affidavit, income tax-related details, election expenses, and personal asset declarations. The app also features a list of registered participating parties in the election.
According to sources, the app has four main sections: Home, Information, Results, and Analysis. The Home section provides personalized voter information, the Information button reveals details about polling centers, candidates, and party-specific information. The Results section displays election outcomes, while the Analysis section offers various analytical insights related to the elections. Currently, the app provides data from the 11th and 12th elections.
The Election Commission has stated that starting a few days before the upcoming January 7th election, all pertinent election information will be available on the app. Even on the day of the election, results will be updated every two hours. EC Secretary Md Jahangir Alam mentioned that the relevant Presiding Officer will upload information to the app every two hours.
The ‘Smart Election Management BD’ app has been developed with technical support from Bangladesh’s tech giant company, Penta Global.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds at most places across the Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions. Some areas may experience moderately heavy to very heavy rainfall, according to their latest weather bulletin released on Thursday.
Day and night temperatures are expected to remain nearly unchanged across the country.
The highest rainfall in the country over the past 24 hours was recorded in Kumarkhali, with 104mm of rain by 6 a.m. on Thursday.
The axis of the monsoon trough extends from India’s Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal to Assam, passing through Bangladesh, with one of its associated troughs stretching into the North Bay of Bengal.
The monsoon remains active over Bangladesh and moderate to strong over the North Bay region.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted that the mild heat wave currently affecting parts of the country, including the capital, is expected to subside in most areas within the next 24 hours, starting from 9 am today.
“A mild heat wave is sweeping across the divisions of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, and Sylhet, as well as the districts of Jashore, Chuadanga, and Kushtia. It is likely to ease in most regions,” the department reported.
In addition, BMD predicted light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty winds, across most of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions. Some areas are expected to experience moderate to very heavy rainfall.
Temperatures across the country may drop by 1-2 degrees Celsius during both day and night.
On Monday, Dinajpur in the Rangpur division recorded the country’s highest temperature at 38.6°C, while Bandarban in the Chattogram division saw the lowest temperature at 24.6°C early today.
Meanwhile, rainfall recorded in the past 24 hours, ending at 6 am today, reached 66 mm in Nikli of Dhaka Division.
The sunset in Dhaka is at 5:53 pm today, and sunrise is expected at 5:49 am tomorrow.
Two separate murder cases were filed today in connection with the deaths of a private service holder and a Madrasa student during the anti-discrimination student movement.
The first case was lodged by Ridwan Ahmed with Panchlaish police station, accusing former ministers Dr. Hasan Mahmud, Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Naufel, and 127 others for the death of his nephew Sujan, 14. Sujan, the son of Belal Hossain from Beramara village in Noakhali’s Sadar Thana, was a student at Al Jamirul Hayat Madrasa in the city’s Chandgaon area. He was fatally shot in the Muradpur area on July 18.
The second case was filed by Jamal Uddin at Doublemooring police station, accusing 225 individuals, including Dr. Hasan Mahmud and Education Minister Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Naufel, for the killing of his elder brother Alam, a private service holder, on August 5.
