Maximum forces to be deployed in upazila polls: govt
The government will deploy maximum force to hold the upcoming upazila elections peacefully, officials said on Monday...
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India鈥檚 billionaire wealth is on display as nation votes
THERE are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into early June, braving record-high temperatures to cast ballots. Against this backdrop, Asia鈥檚 richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is throwing what will likely be the world鈥檚 most expensive wedding for his youngest son...
Palak interference challenged in HC
A local resident on Thursday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of the failure of government authorities, to take action against Natore-3 constituency lawmaker and state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak for interference in Singra upazila elections...
2nd phase of Indian polls today
In the second phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections in India, 89 seats across 13 states and Union Territories will go to polls today...
BNP asks 64 leaders to show cause for contesting upazila polls
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has issued show-cause notices to its 64 grassroots leaders, seeking an explanation as to why they are contesting the forthcoming upazila parishad elections first phase on May 8, defying...
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Both AL, BNP must practise democracy within party
THE stand that the ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the largest in the opposition camp, have taken on participation in the staggered upazila council elections, the first phase of which involving...
Relatives of AL MPs, ministers still in race
Many family members and relatives of ruling Awami League lawmakers and ministers remained in the contest for the first phase of the upazila parishad elections, defying the instructions of the party high-ups, as they did not withdraw their candidature on the last day on Monday...
Many BNP leaders defy party
Only a handful of 45 grassroots leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party responded to the party鈥檚 call to withdraw their candidature from the first phase of upazila parishad elections slated for May 8 in 150 upazilas...
Candidate abduction accused quits race
Lutful Habib, brother-in-law of state minister for information and communication technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak who was accused of abducting and torturing his lone rival chairman candidate in the forthcoming Singra...
2,055 file nomination papers in 160 upazilas
A total of 2,055 aspiring candidates submitted nomination papers for three positions鈥攃hairman, vice chairman general seat and vice chairman seat reserved for women鈥攊n the second phase of the upazila parishad elections...
Mancha condemns security deposit increase in upazila elections
The central steering committee of Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Thursday condemned the decision of the Awami League government increasing security deposits of the candidates...
Jamaat changes mind over joining upazila polls
The Jamaat-e-Islami has withdrawn from the decision to participate in the upazila parishad elections and sent instructions accordingly to all its grassroots committees...
Crackdown on protests continues following one-sided elections: report
Johannesburg based rights monitoring body CIVICUS Monitor said that criminalisation of activists and crackdown on protests continued following one-sided elections in Bangladesh...
Christians in India fearful as election looms
Church walls crumble in India's Kandhamal district, where brutal attacks on Christians 16 years ago means many survivors still worry about their minority's place in a Hindu-majority nation.