The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday announced a list of its potential candidates for 237 constituencies in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections announced to be held in the first half of February 2026.
Politicians and security experts have expressed serious concerns over the interim government鈥檚 initiative to train youths in a bid to strengthen 鈥榥ational defence鈥� without any policy or a political consensus on such a crucial issue.
The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Monday announced its election commission to hold its student union elections after a long gap of 28 years...
The European Union plans to deploy a large delegation of election observers to Bangladesh for the upcoming national elections, scheduled for the first half of February, marking the first such mission since 2008, EU ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller said on Tuesday.
Southeast Asia鈥檚 ASEAN bloc will not send observers to Myanmar鈥檚 elections in December, diplomatic sources said Monday 鈥� a setback to the junta鈥檚 push for international legitimacy...
Leaders of the both rival panels in the upcoming elections of Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the apex business body in the region, blamed each other for inciting in postponement of the voting and demanded to hold the elections on the scheduled day...
Election commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker on Sunday said that the Awami League, activities of which are now banned, would not be able to participate in the forthcoming election.
The Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel, Sammilita Shikkharthi Jote, has bagged 20 out of the 23 posts, including vice-president and assistant general secretary, in the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union elections.
Candidates from the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Sammilta Shikkharthi Jote on Thursday accused two rival panels of violating the electoral code of conduct in the ongoing Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union, hall unions, and Senate student representative elections...
Media professionals on Monday pressed for a transparent, inclusive, and credible national election, underscoring the need for freedom of the press, fair access to information and decisive measures against digital misinformation to restore public trust in Bangladesh鈥檚 electoral process...
Explaining deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 presence in India and its impacts on bilateral relations, Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Monday said that it was a 鈥榡udicial legal process鈥� and required 鈥榚ngagement and consultations鈥� between the two governments...
The Election Commission has decided to hold a meeting with candidates and interested students to discuss issues concerning the upcoming Chattogram University Central Student Union elections...
The panel backed by Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal on Wednesday pressed for a six-point demand, including manual ballot counting, to avert 鈥榙igital manipulation and election engineering鈥� in the coming student union polls...
After facing criticism, the Dhaka University administration has removed incorrect information from its website and uploaded the corrected results of the student union elections...
The election commission for the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union and hall elections on Sunday published the final list of candidates, clearing 247 contestants for 23 posts...
The chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday reaffirmed that the Jatiya Sangsad elections would be held on time and there was no possibility of postponing the polls.
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Jatiatabadi Chatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Thursday left midway a dialogue on the draft code of conduct for the October 12 Chittagong University Central Students鈥� Union elections, alleging lack of independence of the election commission...
Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad-backed Shikkharthi Oikya Forum on Thursday alleged irregularities in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union election, raising concerns over compliance with the electoral code of conduct.
The election commission for Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union polls on Wednesday published the preliminary list of candidates, clearing 255 contestants for 23 posts, while rejecting the nominations of seven aspirants...
The election commission for the elections to Chittagong University Central Students鈥� Union on Wednesday announced that no polling stations would be set up in the residential halls...
The results of Tuesday鈥檚 Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections were a bit surprising, which caught many political leaders off guard, a number of political leaders said on Wednesday...
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections won 23 among 28 posts, including the vice-president, general secretary and assistant general secretary posts...
Home adviser retired Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said that the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections, along with other student union polls, can be a model for the next national election...
Shotontro Shikkharthi Oikya panel鈥檚 career development secretary candidate for DUCSU elections, Rupaiya Shrestha Tanchangya, alleged that one of her voters found a ballot paper where a cross was already marked on the Shibir candidate...
Anid Hasan, a candidate from the Swatantro Shikkarti Oikya (Umama-Sadi-Zahed) panel, has withdrawn his candidacy for the post of Literature and Cultural Secretary in the ongoing Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions elections...
Islami Chhatra Andolan Bangladesh鈥檚 panel Sachetan Shikkharthi Sangsad general secretary candidate Md Khayrul Ahsan Marzan alleged that election authorities did not allow the panel鈥檚 polling agents at different polling centres...
A legal notice has been served on Jahangirnagar University authorities and the election commission overseeing the JU Central Students鈥� Union polls, seeking the reinstatement of Amartya Ray John鈥檚 vice-president candidature...
Reiterating that the national election must be held within the first half of February next year, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said that no force on earth could obstruct it...
Reiterating that the national election must be held within the first half of February next year, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said 鈥榥o force on earth鈥� can obstruct it.
United Nations resident coordinator Gwyn Lewis met chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday and said that the UN fully supported the February general elections in Bangladesh...
