BNP demands reconstitution of EC, ACC
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday demanded immediate reconstitution of the Election Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission...
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EC to hold press conference today amid resignation speculation
The Election Commission, headed by chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, is scheduled to hold a press conference this noon amid speculation that the chief election commission and other election commissioners might resign...
Gono Odhikar Parishad gets EC registration
Gono Odhikar Parishad on Monday got registration of the Election Commission with 鈥楾ruck鈥� as its election symbol....
HC questions indemnity of search committee, appointment of election commissioners
The High Court on Tuesday issued a ruling asking the government to explain in four weeks the constitutionality of a provision in the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act 2022...
Probe of corruption of former lawmakers, ministers must
THIS is unacceptable that the Anti-Corruption Commission has not yet investigated the affidavits that the candidates submitted before the 12th national elections held on January 7. The affidavits showed an abnormal increase in wealth of most of the former lawmakers and ministers. Candidates in national and local elections are required to submit...
Lankan president鈥檚 election dilemmas
THE deadline for presidential elections is fast approaching and the Election Commissioner will be empowered to declare the date of the election on July 17, just over a week from now. The election rallies are becoming larger and feistier. The two main opposition parties are showing their growing strength in the numbers attending their...
ACC seeks NID, passport details of Matiur, family
The Anti-Corruption Commission sent letters to the Election Commission and the Department of Immigration and Passports on Tuesday seeking information about the national identity cards and...
Ex-army chief Aziz influences EC over brother鈥檚 NID
Former chief of the Bangladesh Army, general Aziz Ahmed, allegedly influenced the Election Commission to change the address on a fake National Identity Card issued for his brother Tofail Ahmed, also known as Joseph, under the name Tanvir Ahmed Tanzil....
Govt must make national document issuance fail-safe
THE High Court has asked the Election Commission and a number of government authorities that include the Local Government Division and the Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration, to establish the number of the Rohingyas that have been registered as voters and the...
HC seeks report on NIDs given to Rohingyas
The High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission and the government authorities to investigate and submit reports on how many Rohingyas were enrolled as...
Month-long upazila polls conclude
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday expressed his satisfaction over the upazila parishad elections saying that the elections were held...
India praises vote conduct with Modi tipped to win
India鈥檚 election commission said on Monday a staggering 642 million people voted in just-concluded six-week-long polls, a day ahead of the results which prime minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win...
EC must now investigate wealth mismatch of candidates
TRANSPARENCY International Bangladesh has earlier made public its findings form the analysis it carried out on the affidavits that the candidates submitted to the Election Commission running in both the national and local government elections...
Polls at 19 upazilas postponed due to cyclone Remal
The Election Commission on Monday postponed the elections to 19 out of 109 upazila parishads in the third phase of the elections slated for May 29 in the context of the devastation caused by cyclone Remal...
Biman MD Shafiul becomes EC secretary
Biman Bangladesh Airlines managing director Shafiul Azim, also an additional secretary, has been promoted to the rank of secretary and posted to the Election Commission Secretariat as its secretary...
EC cancels state minister鈥檚 brother鈥檚 candidature
The Election Commission on Wednesday cancelled the candidature of Gazipur鈥檚 Sreepur upazila parishad chairman candidate Jamil Hasan for violating the electoral code of conduct...
Lanka: free and fair elections
ELECTIONS provide a unique situation where people become equal regardless of their class or ethnic and religious identity. This offers space to rival politicians to address their unmet needs. The government has commenced several development initiatives..
130 withdraw candidacy from 3rd phase of Upazila elections
A total of 130 candidates have withdrawn their candidacy from the third phase Upazila Parishad election scheduled to be held on May 29, said the Election Commission on Monday.....
AL takes most upazilas in first phase
Leaders of the ruling Awami League and its associated bodies won the chairman post in most of the upazilas in the first phase of upazila parishad elections held on Wednesday amid low turnout and boycott by the most opposition parties...
Ministers, lawmakers cannot influence upazila parishad polls: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Tuesday that ministers and lawmakers cannot influence the upazila parishad elections.....
EC orders transfer of Subarnachar OC, ASI
The Election Commission ordered the transfer of Noakhali鈥檚 Subarnachar police station office-in-charge ahead of the upazila parishad polls...
1,588 submit nomination papers for upazila polls third phase
A total of 1,588 candidates have submitted nomination papers in 112 upazilas in the third phase of upazila parishad elections, said the Election Commission on Thursday in the last day of filing nomination papers...
EC committed to hold free, fair upazila elections
Election commissioner Anisur Rahman on Saturday said that the Election Commission was committed to doing everything necessary to hold the...
ECI issues notice to BJP
Taking cognisance for the first time of a model code violation allegation against the prime minister, the Election Commission on Thursday asked the BJP to respond to complaints filed by opposition parties wherein they have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of delivering...
Democratic continuity will falter if upazila polls not fair: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday said that the democratic continuity, which he claimed established through the January 7 Jatiya Sangsad elections, would be tainted if the forthcoming upazila parishad elections are not held in a free and fair manner....
EC postpones polls in three upazilas of Bandarban
The Election Commission has decided to postpone the Upazila Parishad elections in Thanchi, Ruma and
Modi accused of targeting Muslims in election speech
India鈥檚 main opposition Congress party filed a complaint to the Election Commission on Monday accusing Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi of 鈥榖latantly targeting鈥� minority Muslims in a campaign speech...
India EC chalked out 7-phase polls to help BJP campaign, says Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission of India chalked out seven-phase polls to enable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his...
Third phase election to 112 upazilas on May 29
The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the schedule for third phase upazila election to hold the polls in 112 Upazila Parishads on May 29....