People reject upazila polls under AL govt: Mancha
Leaders of Ganatantra Mancha, a combined platform of six political parties, on Friday said that people rejected the ongoing upazila parishad polls as elections could not be...
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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...
Concern expressed over girls harassment by youth gang, relatives
The Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Wednesday expressed concerns over as incidents of violence against girls and women were rising in the streets, indoors and outdoors by the youth gang members and relatives as well...
Low turnout, violence mark polling
The first phase of upazila parishad elections was held on Wednesday amid clashes in some places, low voter turnout, and boycott by most opposition parties, including the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
Voting in first phase upazila parishad elections ends
Voting in the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election in 139 upazilas across Bangladesh ended on Wednesday afternoon...
Voting continues in first phase of upazila polls amid tight security
Voting for the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election was underway across 139 upazilas nationwide on Wednesday, with polls open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm without any interruptions...
First-phase upazila polls today amid violence fear, boycott
The country鈥檚 139 upazilas are set to go to the polls today in the first phase of the four-phase upazila parishads polls amid boycotts of most opposition political parties, including...
Chairman candidate lands in jail in Tk 2,000cr laundering case
The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on Tuesday sent Samsul Alam Chowdhury, a chairman candidate in the Faridpur Sadar upazila parishad...
People to boycott upazila polls: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said that democracy-loving people would boycott the forthcoming upazila parishad elections slated for...
Upazila candidates richer than MP candidates
The movable assets of chairman candidates in the first phase of the upazila parishad elections scheduled for May 8 have increased up to 4,200 per cent, more than...
UPs to get administrator if election not held in time
The Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill 2024 was tabled in Jatiya Sangsad to make a provision for appointing administrators at union parishads on the expiry of the five-year tenure of the elected representatives...
BNP begins boycott campaign
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has started distribution of leaflets calling on people to boycott the forthcoming upazila parishad elections beginning on...
3 hurt in AL factional clash in Barishal
At least three people were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League over the upcoming upazila parishad election at...
193 women, girls face violence in April: report
At least 105 women and 88 girls were victims of violence across the country in April, according to a report, released by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on...
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...
Rishad keen to improve under Mushtaq
Bangladesh鈥檚 young leg-spinner Rishad Hossain is keen to improve his variations under the tutelage of their newly appointed spin bowling coach...
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...
26 AL people elected uncontested
Over two dozen ruling Awami League-backed candidates in the upazila parishad elections have been elected unopposed in the first phase of the...
EC postpones polls in three upazilas of Bandarban
The Election Commission has decided to postpone the Upazila Parishad elections in Thanchi, Ruma and
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...
Single nomination paper filed for post of chairman in 3 upazilas
The returning officer鈥檚 office for each of Sadar in Cumilla and Raujan and Rangunia in Chattogram received a single nomination paper from the ruling Awami League aspirants for the post of chairman in each of the upazilas for the second phase of upazila parishad elections....
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...
Govt fails to control price hike: Gono Odhikar Parishad
Leaders of the Gono Odhikar Parishad on Friday at a protest rally in Dhaka said that the Awami League government had failed to control price hikes of essential commodities...
PCP protests mass arrests in name of joint drive
Brihattaro Parbatya Chattagram Pahari Chhatra Parishad on Friday organised a rally in Khagrachari denouncing mass arrests and harassment in Bandarban in the name of joint operation...
Finishing unfinished works of Zafrullah vowed
Politicians, lawyers and journalists on Tuesday at a commemoration meeting in Dhaka urged all to work for fulfilling the unfinished works of Zafrullah Chowdhury...
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...
Two held for abducting upazila chair candidate
The police on Tuesday arrested two people including an activist of Juba League, youth wing of the ruling Awami League, on charges of abducting and beating a chairman candidate in the upcoming Singra upazila parishad election...
Chairman candidate beaten up in Natore
A chairman candidate in the upcoming upazila parishad election in Natore was beaten on Monday, allegedly for filing his nomination paper in the elections.
Narsingdi UP member shot, hacked to death
A local union parishad member was shot to death allegedly by miscreants at Pakuria Bazar of Madhabdi upazila in Narsingdi on Monday...