EC to publish draft list of polling centres on Sept 10
The Bangladesh Election Commission is set to publish the draft list of polling centres for the forthcoming 13th parliamentary elections on September 10...
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At least 10 panels to vie in DUCSU polls
At least 10 panels and independent candidates are going to contest in the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections as the timeline for submitting nomination papers ended on Wednesday...
Nomination paper distribution, submission rescheduled
The Rajshahi University authorities on Wednesday announced a revised schedule for the central students鈥� union elections, a day after abruptly suspending the pre-set schedule for distributing nomination papers, drawing stern criticism from the students...
EU to give 4m euros for polls preparations
The European Union has announced an assistance package of more than four million euros to help Bangladesh Election Commission organise the Jatiya Sangsad elections in accordance with international standards...
565 nomination forms collected for DUCSU posts
A total of 565 nomination forms were sold till Monday against 28 posts in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections scheduled to be held on September 9...
1,760 petitions relating to 83 seats filed
The Election Commission is set to begin hearings on objections and recommendations regarding the draft boundaries of parliamentary constituencies on August 24 as part of the preparations for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections...
Trump targets mail-in ballots ahead of 2026 US elections
US president Donald Trump聽said Monday he would lead a 鈥榤ovement鈥� against mail-in balloting as he sought to eliminate a voting method used by nearly a third of the country ahead of next year鈥檚 midterm elections...
National polls to begin in Myanmar Dec 28, says junta
Myanmar鈥檚 junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade...
Myanmar polls to begin on Dec 28: junta
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling military junta said Monday that the country鈥檚 election would start on December 28, beginning a phased poll being boycotted by opposition groups and criticised by international monitors...
64 more collect nomination papers on sixth day
The number of students collecting nomination papers for the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union reached 125 as 64 collected nomination papers on the sixth day of the distribution of the papers on Sunday...
Elections are crucial for resuming democratic journey: workshop
Speakers at a youth-focused workshop on Saturday highlighted the importance of elections and the role of students鈥� unions for resuming the democratic journey of the country...
Parties express mixed reaction to Yunus鈥檚 comment
Leaders of major political parties on Friday gave mixed reactions to interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 recent interview...
EC forms committee to scrutinise local observer applications
A 10-member committee has been formed to scrutinise the applications of the intending local observer organisations of the next national parliamentary elections, a press release of the EC said...
Govt should now concentrate on holding good elections
THIS is welcome that the chief adviser to the interim government has announced the date of the 13th national elections. The chief adviser, in his address to the nation marking the first anniversary of July Mass Uprising Day on August 5, unambiguously said that he would write to the chief election commissioner to make all preparations for holding the next national...
EC places recommendations to empower presiding officers
Election Commission has submitted a seven-point set of recommendations to Bangladesh interim government aimed at empowering presiding officers, strengthening their role and enhancing security measures at polling centres ahead of the upcoming 13th national elections.
RUCSU polls scheduled for September 15
The authorities on Monday announced that the elections to the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union would be held on September 15...
No more party symbols in local govt polls
The interim government council of advisers in a meeting on Thursday scrapped the provision of using party symbols in local elections, deciding that from now on these elections would be held with individual symbols.
PBI seeks data on field officials from last 3 polls
Election commission has sought information of the returning officers, presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers, who served in the 10th, 11th and 12th parliamentary elections...
RU students stage sit-in for RUCSU polls
A group of Rajshahi University students on Monday staged a sit-in, demanding the announcement of a full schedule for the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union elections soon...
DUCSU polls likely in 2nd week of September
The schedule for the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union is likely to be announced on July 29, with voting expected in the second week of September...
Women rights activists demand direct elections to reserved seats in parliament
Women鈥檚 rights activists on Saturday demanded direct elections to the reserved seats for women in the Jatiya Sangsad, urging political parties to ensure meaningful representation and end the system of nomination that often sidelines women鈥檚 leadership...
EC gears up for 13th JS polls
The Election Commission is moving forward with full swing preparations to hold the 13th parliamentary elections on time.
EC must exercise greater caution in election observer accreditation
THE Election Commission鈥檚 decision to deny access to foreign observers who previously endorsed Bangladesh鈥檚 three latest national elections as credible is welcome. The observers played a pivotal role in legitimising the rigged, stage-managed and manipulated 10th, 11th and 12th national elections in 2014, 2018 and 2024, thus helping the Awami League to cling to power...
HC publishes full verdict restoring caretaker govt
The High Court on Tuesday released the full text of a landmark verdict that restored the non-party caretaker government system for overseeing the national elections...
Fakhrul tells activists to prepare for polls in Feb
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged party leaders and activists to prepare for the national elections in February, calling on them to avoid any actions that聽 could lead to accusations of wrongdoing, land grabbing, business takeovers, or extortion...
CEC remark on polls time frame can create confusion
THE remark of the chief election commissioner, AMM Nasir Uddin, that the commission is making preparations for the national elections with two time frames in mind, February and April, appears confusing, especially after the meeting of the chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, with the acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Tarique Rahman...
Preparations on for polls in Feb or April: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said that they were preparing for the next national elections with two timeframes 鈥� February and April 鈥� in mind...
Serbian police dismantle anti-govt protesters鈥� barricades
Serbian police said on Monday they had cleared barricades that anti-government protesters had set up at the weekend, after clashes between officers and demonstrators demanding early elections...
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...
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...
