Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said that his party believed it was extremely urgent to complete the national elections within this year after carrying out the necessary reforms.
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.
Leaders of the 12-Party Alliance, a combine of twelve political parties, on Thursday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to announce the specific date for holding the next general election...
Chief coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolan Zonayed Saki on Thursday said that the next general election would be held on the basis of a new political settlement for establishing democratic rule in the country after preparing a democratic constitution after implementing reforms...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 democracy is at risk as it seeks to reform state agencies before holding a national election to establish a sustainable democracy. While the interim government prioritises agency reforms over the election, law and order and non-violent political environment rapidly deteriorate. A strong political culture is essential for ensuring...
Voices for the central student union elections at major public universities in the country are getting louder, with the students raising the demand to the university authorities for holding the long due elections in the changed political scenario after the fall of authoritarian Awami League regime...
The local government reform commission would recommend non-party elections for the local government bodies, allowing the voters to directly elect the representatives of union parishads, upazila parishads and municipality corporations...
The Local Government Reform Commission is likely to place a proposal for holding all the local body elections in a particular area on a single day to reduce the election costs.
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said the Election Commission was pledge-bound to hold a free, fair, and neutral election to restore the voting rights of 18 crore people in Bangladesh.
The Election Commission on Thursday announced a draft voter list with 12,36,83,512 voters, including 6,33,30,103 male voters, 6,03,52,415 female voters and 994 voters of the transgender community...
The Jahangirnagar University administration has taken a significant step towards restoring student democracy to the university by forming an election commission to conduct the long-awaited elections to the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday dismissed the debate over which one among reforms and elections should precede, terming it a fallacious argument...
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday affirmed the election commission鈥檚 commitment to ensuring a truly credible 13th parliamentary election, marking a departure from the practices of previous commissions....
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University on Monday unveiled the roadmap for the much-anticipated Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union election.
Syria鈥檚 new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Al Arabiya TV on Sunday that elections could take four years, noted the importance of ties with Iran and Russia, and called for the United States to lift sanctions.
The decision to ban Awami League rests solely with the court and the government, said chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Monday.聽
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament on Friday and confirmed the expected February date for an early general election after the collapse of Olaf Scholz鈥檚 government last month.
Local government and youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain on Wednesday said that the interim government would move towards the national election after reforms were completed.
Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday urged the interim government to arrange the national election soon, saying that if necessary, the country鈥檚 people would once again would take to the streets to get back their voting rights.
The Election Commission has terminated its contract with the Bangladesh Computer Council for National Identification data verification services due to a breach of terms.
Leaders of Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Thursday demanded holding the next general elections by 2025...
CHIEF adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, in his speech to the nation on the occasion of Victory Day, provided a 鈥榮emi-clear鈥� idea about the probable timeframe for the next national parliamentary election. I term his given idea as 鈥榮emi-clear鈥� because, although he broadly mentioned December 2025 to the first half of 2026 as the probable timeframe...
The Election Commission has taken a plan to settle nearly 400,000 pending applications, submitted seeking correction in the national identity cards, within the next three months in a bid to curb the corruption in the NID services.
Patel said the United States would encourage the respect of the rule of law over the course of this whole process, as well as the respect for democratic principles should a transition come to fruition...
NATIONAL elections play a pivotal role in shaping the political, economic, and social direction of a country, serving as the cornerstone of democracy and the foundation for governance, stability and public accountability. They empower citizens to exercise their right to vote, enabling the collective voice of the populace to determine leadership and...
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.
India鈥檚 ruling party on Tuesday tabled a parliamentary bill to synchronise state and national elections, a proposal that would vastly extend what is already the world鈥檚 largest democratic exercise...
Political parties on Tuesday hailed chief adviser Muhammad Yunus as he announced his government鈥檚 plan of holding national election by June 2026.
THE chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus deserves thanks as in his address to the nation on the morning of Victory Day he has spelt out a timeline of a sort for national elections, which is a step forward from the unspecified duration of the interim government that people were worried about. He has said that with some reforms done and...
The next general election will be held in Bangladesh by June 30, 2026, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam has said.