The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday urged the interim government to complete the reform activities as early as possible to ensure a fair election soon to counter the conspiracy to destabilise the country.
Police detained the former Election Commission secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed in Chattogram.
The Election Commission in Bangladesh has accelerated the disposal of the applications submitted seeking corrections in information in the national identity (NID) cards as the number of undisposed requests declined to less than 4 lakh now from over 6 lakh in June across the country.
The election commission of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday published the final list of candidates for the October 26 polls, with industrialist-turned-sports organiser...
Interim government chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said that a search committee would be established to facilitate the formation of the new Election Commission.
Chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant Mahfuj Alam on Saturday said that the government would form a search committee following the existing law to constitute a new Election Commission for taking forward the relevant activities to hold the next national election...
Adviser for law, justice and parliamentary affairs Asif Nazrul said that the next national elections could be arranged by the next year after completing the pre-election preparations, including...
Election reform commission chief Badiul Alam Majumdar on Wednesday said that it would take the opinion of all the stakeholders, including political parties, in the process of making their proposals for reforming the country鈥檚 electoral system...
More than 15 million smart national identity cards remain undistributed throughout the country, according to statistics provided by the Election Commission Secretariat.
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat and home ministry Md Jahangir Alam on five-day remand in connection with a case filed over the killing of a teenager Abdul Motalib during student-led mass uprising on August 4.
THE cornerstone of an inclusive democracy lies in a free and fair electoral system. Electoral reform, therefore, is one of the interim government鈥檚 highest priorities. While restructuring the Election Commission is crucial, shifting public perception about the significance of voting is equally important. The interim government can swiftly restructure the...
The election commission cancelled four National Identity cards, belonging to Haris Ahmed and Tofail Ahmed, also known as Joseph, two brothers of former army chief general Aziz Ahmed.
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...
The Ganosamhati Andolon on Tuesday got registration of the Election Commission as a political party with 鈥楳athal鈥� (peasants鈥� straw hat) as its election symbol...
Speakers at a policy dialogue on Saturday said that the country needed a suitable law, aiming not only to appoint next election commissioners but also to institutionalise their...
Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar said on Saturday that those involved in destroying the electoral system should be brought to justice...
The Election Commission has filed a petition with the apex court, pleading for allowing them to withdraw an appeal they filed in 2022 against the registration of Ganosamhati Andolan as a political party....
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and all four election commissioners resigned on Thursday.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday demanded immediate reconstitution of the Election Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission...
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 on Monday got registration of the Election Commission with 鈥楾ruck鈥� as its election symbol....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday expressed his satisfaction over the upazila parishad elections saying that the elections were held...
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...