Preparations on for polls in Feb or April: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said that they were preparing for the next national elections with two timeframes 鈥� February and April 鈥� in mind...
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Ex-CEC Habibul Awal admits dummy polls
The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Thursday allowed the police to take former chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal in their custody for interrogation for three days in a case filed over irregularities and biased roles in conducting the last three national elections...
Mob rage should not rage on, it undermines rule of law
THE former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda, who presided over one of the three controversial elections chiefly marked by ballot stuffing the night before the election day, was arrested on June 22 after a mob had detained him hours after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 filing a case with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar against the deposed prime minister...
Mob during arrest of former CEC slammed
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka on Monday placed former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on four-day remand in a case filed over allegations of manipulating the 2018 national elections.
ELECTION MANIPULATION: BNP sues Hasina, 3 ex-CECs, 20 others
The police detained former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda from the capital鈥檚 Uttara area Sunday evening.
EC ready to hold polls once govt confirms time frame: CEC
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said that the EC was ready and continuing its preparations to hold the national elections whenever it received a clear indication from the government regarding the polls timeline.
EC awaits gazette to act on AL ban: CEC
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said that the election commission would take appropriate steps once it received the official gazette or paper over the ban of all activities of the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act...
Ishraque seeks update on mayoral gazette from CEC
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Thursday met chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin to know the update over the publication of the gazette notification declaring him as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation...
EC to firmly advocate for keeping NID services: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said that they would strongly urge the government to keep the national identity services under the election commission鈥檚 control...
Former CEC justice Abdur Rouf dies
Former justice and chief election commissioner Md Abdur Rouf passed away while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital. He was 95...
EC's independence must be upheld, says CEC
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said that the constitutionally guaranteed independence of the Election Commission must not be compromised in delivering a credible election as the nation aspires...
Electoral reforms must be done by October for polls in December: CEC
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said that all necessary preparations for national elections must be completed by October if the elections were to be held in December...
Time will tell whether AL be able to participate in election: CEC
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday said that time would tell whether Awami League would be able to participate in the next election or not.
No plan of using EVMs in next election: CEC
Newly appointed chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said that the Bangladesh Election Commission did not have any plans of using electronic voting machines in the upcoming general elections in the country.
Sedition case filed against Hasina, 3 ex-CECs
A sedition case has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and three former chief election commissioners in Chattogram for conducting illegal and fraudulent elections during the Awami League government鈥檚 tenure...
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...
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...
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.....