The chief election commissioner, AMM Nasir Uddin, on Monday said the chief adviser of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government has made all arrangements to ensure that the Election Commission can perform its responsibilities independently.
The next election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board would be held in the first week of October, confirmed the vice-president of the board, Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, following a meeting in Sylhet on Monday.
US Charge d鈥� Affaires in Dhaka Tracey Ann Jacobson on Monday said the US does not support any particular party, politician or election outcome as it expects fair elections in an atmosphere of peace and security early next year.
A political party, the activities of which are currently banned, wants to foil the upcoming general elections to be held in next February, said home affairs adviser retired Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday.
The National Citizen Party has called on the chief advisor to take immediate and decisive action against the Jatiya Party for its involvement in legitimising past controversial national elections.
Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad鈥檚 panel 鈥楤aishamyabirodhi Shikkharthi Sangsad鈥� on Saturday announced its manifesto for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections.
A total of 179 candidates have been cleared for contesting the long-awaited Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union elections, scheduled for September 11.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that a conspiracy was going on to replace liberal politics with extremist politics in the country.
Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam Sarkar on Friday said that the next general election would be the most risky in the country鈥檚 history.
The Bangladesh Army on Thursday said that it had received no directive from the government to perform duties in the forthcoming university central students鈥� union elections, nor was there any possibility of such involvement in the future.
The schedule for holding the upcoming 13th parliamentary elections is likely to be announced in mid-December this year.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that a conspiracy was underway to undermine the upcoming general election and urged the people to remain vigilant...
The Election Commission has approved the final roadmap for the 13th National parliamentary elections and is set to publish it on Thursday, according to the commission鈥檚 senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed...
Former Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union leaders on Wednesday expressed grave concerns about the university鈥檚 decision to deploy the army during the DUCSU elections scheduled for September 9...
THE University of Dhaka authorities鈥� decision to deploy the army as a 鈥榮triking force鈥� during the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections, scheduled for September 9, is both humiliating and alarming. The announcement came at an exchange of views between the returning officers and the candidates for the positions of vice-president, general secretary and...
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday said that if the July Charter gets a legal basis, the party is ready for elections in February...
The Election Commission of India, long regarded as the impartial guardian of the world鈥檚 largest democracy, is facing unprecedented聽 scrutiny over its credibility and independence.
The Appellate Division on Thursday began hearing a review petition challenging its 2011 verdict that annulled the constitutional provision for a non-party caretaker government, a system once credited with ensuring neutral national elections in Bangladesh...
CYBER-BULLYING in campus politics has become an organised assault on democracy that universities can no longer afford to ignore. In the lead-up to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union election on September 9 and the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union election on September 11, female candidates face a torrent of online harassment designed to keep...
The interim government has begun reshuffling the field administration before the national election likely to be held by next February before the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting for the Muslims...
On the second day of nomination form distribution for the long-awaited Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union, hall union and senate representative elections, only 10 candidates collected forms on Monday, compared with five on the opening day...
At least 21 aspirants withdrew their nomination papers on Monday, the last day for withdrawing nominations in the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections...
Cyber-bullying and smear campaigns targeting candidates, particularly females, have emerged as a disturbing trend in the run-up to the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union elections, raising concerns about inclusivity and the safety of female participants in campus politics...
The interim government carried out a major reshuffle in police with 36 senior police officers reshuffled on Monday, including new appointments of police superintendents in seven districts, ahead of the national elections...
Anti-Corruption Commission chair Mohammad Abdul Momen on Monday urged the voters to reject candidates who would use undisclosed money in the upcoming national election.
Chief adviser Professoressor Muhammad Yunus on Monday said that the country had reached a 鈥榮table enough鈥� position and was ready to have the national election in the first half of February next year...
Several hundred residents of Bongao and Birulia unions under Savar upazila staged a demonstration on Sunday protesting at the Election Commission鈥檚 move to include the unions in the Dhaka-2 constituency area...
The first day of the Election Commission鈥檚 hearing on the draft delimitation of constituencies for the 13th National Parliamentary Elections was marred by chaos on Sunday as two groups of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from...
A number of aspirants in the upcoming elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions on Sunday demanded strict action against cyber bullying and violation of the electoral code of conduct.
A total of 34 aspirants, primarily announced ineligible to vie in the forthcoming elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union, appealed for a review of their nomination papers...
