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EC likely to finalise draft delimitation next week

The Election Commission is expected to finalise the draft delimitation of parliamentary constituencies next week with the review of numerous applications from 76 constituencies now in its final stage...

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Political parties must not let reform opportunity slip away

The dismal prospect for reforms in areas such as governance, elections, administration and power structures, largely because of increasingly polarised positions of political parties, is disheartening. It is understandable that the political parties will not have similar stance on the issues, but drastically polarised stances of the parties disregard the hopes and aspirations that...

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BNP confident of polls in February

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday expressed firm confidence that the upcoming national election would take place in February as planned, dismissing any contrary speculation...

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Serbian president slams early elections rally

Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic insisted Sunday that he would not cave in to the 140,000 protesters who rallied in the capital overnight demanding early elections, vowing more arrests after clashes broke out...

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Netanyahu ‘must go’: ex-Israeli PM Bennett

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu must leave office, his predecessor Naftali Bennett has told a televised interview, refusing to say whether he intends to challenge the country’s longest-serving leader in an election...

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Ex-CEC Habibul Awal sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent to jail former chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal in a case lodged for manipulating the national election.

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Jabed, Mission to lead Law Reporters Forum

NTV special correspondent Hasan Jabed has been elected president, and ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· senior staff correspondent Moneruzzaman Mission has been re-elected general secretary of the Law Reporters Forum, a professional association of...

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Ex-CEC Huda on four-day fresh remand

The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Friday placed former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on a four-day fresh remand for interrogation in a case filed over allegations of irregularities during the past three national elections.

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Body formed to investigate allegations over JS polls 

The government has formed a five-member committee, headed by justice Shamim Hasnain, former judge of the High Court Division, to investigate the allegations raised over the last three Jatiya Sangsad elections and to make recommendations to hold fair election in the future...

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Independent election commission stressed

Politicians on Thursday stressed the need for establishing an independent Election Commission to ensure fair elections and prevent the emergence of autocratic rule in the country...

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Myanmar junta chief confirms year-end election plan

Myanmar’s junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors...

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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...

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Election officials under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an inquiry into corruption allegations against the officials involved in the polling centres that reported 100 per cent voter turnout in the controversial parliamentary elections in 2018.

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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’s filing a case with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar against the deposed prime minister...

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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.

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BNP disowns mob attack on ex-CEC Huda, wants action: Salahuddin

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said that his party did not endorse mob culture and would take disciplinary action if any of its activists were found involved in the incident of former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda...

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Ex-CEC KM Nurul Huda detained

A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch detained Bangladesh’s former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda from the capital’s Uttara area on Sunday evening....

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147 parties seek registration as EC deadline ends

The Bangladesh Election Commission on Sunday witnessed a last-minute surge in applications by political parties for registration, with more than 70 parties applying on the final day to reach the total number of 147, for taking part in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad election.

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BNP to sue former CECs, ECs over elections

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is set to file a case against former chief election commissioners and commissioners responsible for conducting the 10th, 11th, and 12th national parliamentary elections, alleging serious electoral misconduct against them.

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Jatiya Sanskar Jote seeks elections after reform

Politicians and professionals on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka said that the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus should hold a free, fair and credible general election in the country after carrying out required reforms.

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Parties gear up election preparations

With the next national election expected to be held  in mid-February next year, political parties of the country have started their preparations, ramping up grassroots activities, selecting candidates, exploring potential alliances, and formulating strategies.

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Debate should majorly centre on more powers for president

THE national consensus commission on the fourth day of its second-round dialogue on June 18 dealt with the process of presidential elections, which came to be adjourned as the 30 political parties that attended the dialogue could not have a consensus. The reforms commission has proposed an electoral college of 505 votes from the proposed national assembly...