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DUCSU POLLS: Panels allege failing to field polling agents

Nuzia Rasin Rasha, the common room, reading room and cafeteria secretary candidate from Protirodh Parishad panel for DUCSU elections, alleged on Tuesday noon that their polling agents could not enter into several centres in time because the election authority didn’t provide them with their specific identity cards.

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DUCSU POLLS: Voting begins amid enthusiasm

Voting in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and hall union elections began on Tuesday morning in eight polling centres on the DU campus amid a peaceful atmosphere.

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DUCSU elections today after 6-year gap

All preparations have been made for holding the much-awaited elections to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and hall unions today -- after a six-year gap -- amid heightened security measures on the campus.

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DUCSU election campaign continues in festive mood

Dhaka University witnessed a festive mood on Thursday as the candidates in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections and their supporters campaigned on the campus on the day for the 10th day...

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EC to review media guidelines for fair polls

The election commission on Thursday said that it would review and, if needed, amend the guidelines for journalists as their cooperation was crucial for transparent elections...

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382 collect nomination papers for RUCSU polls

A total of 382 students collected nomination papers against 23 posts in the long-awaited Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union elections scheduled for September 25...

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EC proposes barring fugitives from polls

The Election Commission has finalised amendments to the Representation of the People Order, including a clause that would disqualify anyone declared a fugitive accused by a court from contesting parliamentary elections...

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EC discourages use of social media, AI in Bangladesh national polls

The Election Commission on Wednesday said it sent a revised draft of  Representation of the People Order 1972 (RPO) to the government seeking to discourage use of artificial intelligence and social media for polls campaign which could violate electoral code of conduct.

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Minhajul set to contest in BCB elections

Former national team captain Minhajul Abedin Nannu confirmed his intention to contest in the forthcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board elections on Wednesday.

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Yunus calls next election unique for all citizens

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that the forthcoming national election would be unique, describing it as the election of the people and all political parties, rather than of the interim government.

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Aminul set to contest in BCB polls

Current president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board Aminul Islam Bulbul on Tuesday confirmed his intention to contest in the upcoming board elections, stating that he didn’t want to leave the projects ‘half done’.

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US supports no particular party, politician, says envoy

The United States chargé d’ affaires in Dhaka, Tracey Ann Jacobson, on Monday said that the US government did not support any political party, any individual politician, or any particular outcome in the upcoming elections.

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US expects fair polls in Bangladesh: Jacobson

US Charge d’ Affaires in Dhaka Tracey Ann Jacobson on Monday said the US does not support any particular party, politician or election outcome as it expects fair elections in an atmosphere of peace and security early next year.

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A party wants to foil polls: home adviser

A political party, the activities of which are currently banned, wants to foil the upcoming general elections to be held in next February, said home affairs adviser retired Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday.

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NCP demands suspension of JP activities

The National Citizen Party has called on the chief advisor to take immediate and decisive action against the Jatiya Party for its involvement in legitimising past controversial national elections.

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No possibility of involvement in student union polls: army

The Bangladesh Army on Thursday said that it had received no directive from the government to perform duties in the forthcoming university central students’ union elections, nor was there any possibility of such involvement in the future.

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EC likely to announce election roadmap today

The Election Commission has approved the final roadmap for the 13th National parliamentary elections and is set to publish it on Thursday, according to the commission’s senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed...

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A humiliating DU decision that can also prove costly

THE University of Dhaka authorities’ decision to deploy the army as a ‘striking force’ during the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections, scheduled for September 9, is both humiliating and alarming. The announcement came at an exchange of views between the returning officers and the candidates for the positions of vice-president, general secretary and...