The Election Commission on Thursday approved the draft of the Jatiya Sangsad election code of conduct, introducing key changes, including a ban on posters in election campaigns, stipulating the announcement of manifestos by candidates...
The Dhaka University authorities have adopted a series of strict security measures to address the prevailing concerns over campus safety and prepare for potential challenges ahead of the forthcoming Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections...
The fourth meeting of the National Consensus Commission鈥檚 second-round dialogue with political parties was adjourned on Wednesday as they could not reach a consensus on the proposed National Constitutional Council and presidential election process...
Election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry for the 2025-27 term will be held on September 7...
BANGLADESH is now at a crucial crossroads as debates heat up over reforming women鈥檚 reserved seats in parliament. Should we stick to the current system where party leaders nominate women in proportion to their party鈥檚 general seat wins? Should we allow women to directly compete with other women in designated reserved constituencies? Or should we remove...
THE prolonged delay in resolving the crisis that has gripped the Dhaka South City Corporation and disrupted public services is unacceptable. While the government is largely responsible for the crisis with its differentiated response to court verdicts, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain, declared the DSCC mayor by a controversial Election Commission tribunal...
Australia will contribute AUS$2 million to support Bangladesh in holding a transparent, inclusive, and peaceful national election.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said that there was a national consensus on holding the next general election before Ramadan.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the authorities concerned to immediately form a committee to investigate the role of former chief election commissioners, election commissioners and secretaries of the election commission secretariat...
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.
THE problem of confidence that earlier surfaced between the government and political parties centring on the time frame for the next general elections appears to have been resolved for the time being at a meeting between the chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, and Tarique Rahman, the acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in...
Bangladesh鈥檚 national security adviser Khalilur Rahman has hoped that the Election Commission would announce the date for next national polls soon.
Communist Party of Bangladesh general secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince on Thursday termed the proposed April timeline for the national election as 鈥榰nnecessary delay,鈥� and reiterated his party鈥檚 demand, shared by other democratic forces, to hold the polls within December.
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader said on Thursday that the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus was adamant to hold the next general election 鈥榰nilaterally鈥�...
THE people鈥檚 mandate at the general election seven months ago was for 鈥榮ystem change.鈥� The main hope of those who voted overwhelmingly for the National People鈥檚 Power was to improve the economic situation. Those who live in the north and east of the country, where the long civil war took place, voted along with their fellow citizens in other parts of the...
Commonwealth secretary-general Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said on Tuesday that they were keen to support Bangladesh in political reforms ahead of the planned general election next year.
THE chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus in an address to the nation on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha has announced that the general elections would be held any day in the first quarter of April 2026, noting that the Election Commission would announce a road map to the elections at an appropriate time. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the major political...
Local government, rural development and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain on Monday said that the Election Commission would provide an election schedule in due time in line with the announcement of the chief adviser...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday criticised the plan to hold the national election in April, describing it as an 鈥榠mprudent鈥� and 鈥榠rrational鈥� decision...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said that the nation did not want another 鈥榪uestionable election鈥� and stressed that a credible national election would only be possible if justice, reforms, the July Charter and July Declaration are ensured along with a level- playing field...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that April was not at all suitable for holding a national election, citing a number of challenges including, extreme weather, the timing of Ramadan, and overlapping public examinations.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed disappointment over the chief adviser鈥檚 announcement regarding the national election timeline, saying it has disheartened not just the BNP, but the entire nation.
The Communist Party of Bangladesh on Friday said that chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 announcement of holding the next general election in the first half of April 2026 did not reflect people鈥檚 aspirations...
The National Citizen Party has said that it will have no objection to holding the national election by April next year if key reforms and constitutional changes are ensured by the time...
The European Union on Friday said that it had consistently supported Bangladesh鈥檚 political transition, calling for it to be underpinned by the rule of law, fundamental rights and lead to democratic elections...
Political leaders on Friday expressed mixed reactions over chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 announcement that the next national election would be held on any day in the first half of April 2026...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman has expressed satisfaction over the announcement of the national election roadmap by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in his address to the nation Friday evening...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday evening said that the nation鈥檚 expectations had not been fulfilled with the chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 speech regarding the fresh roadmap for the next general election...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday said that the next general election in Bangladesh will be held on any day in the first half of April in 2026....
The Election Commission on Wednesday said that its responsibility in the case of Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral matter ended with the issuance of the gazette declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as mayor, replacing Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh to comply with the lower court鈥檚 verdict...