Admin officers to perform duties of local body chiefs聽
The government has temporarily empowered its officials to perform the duties of mayors of the city corporations and municipalities and chairmen of upazila parishads and...
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Most upazila chairmen are loyal to MPs: Shujan
A Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik analysis showed that newly elected chairmen in most upazila parishads were relatives and loyal to lawmakers of their respective constituencies...
Matiur鈥檚 wife attends upazila meeting after 14 days
Raipura upazila parishad chairman Laila Kaniz Lucky, also the first wife of former National Board of Revenue member Matiur Rahman, attended a meeting in the upazila after 14 days of disappearance amid allegations against her and her husband for accumulating a huge quantity of illegal wealth...
Businessmen鈥檚 dominance in national, local politics bodes ill
BANGLADESH鈥橲 democratic backslide is manifest not only in the erosion of the electoral culture and the holding of managed elections but also in the complete dominance of businessmen in parliament and local government bodies...
Month-long upazila polls conclude
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday expressed his satisfaction over the upazila parishad elections saying that the elections were held...
Baghaichari UP polls postponed again
The Election Commission on Saturday postponed upazila parishad elections in Rangamati鈥檚 Baghaichhari upazila, scheduled for June 9, in fear of deterioration in the...
Low turnout again in 4th phase of upazila polls聽
The month-long upazila parishad elections ended on Wednesday with the fourth and final phase, when voting was held in 60 upazilas of 26 districts...
Voting in 4th phase of upazila polls goes on in 60 upazilas
Voting in 60 upazilas for the fourth phase of the sixth Upazila Parishad Election began on Wednesday morning...
AL MPs influence upazila polls to cement power聽
Ministers and lawmakers of the ruling Awami League ensured their authority in upazila parishad defying party instructions as they helped their friends and...
Rajshahi lawmaker accuses upazila chair, UNO of murder plot
Rajshahi-1 constituency (Godagari and Tanore) lawmaker Omar Faruk Chowdhury accused the Godagari upazila parishad chairman and the upazila nirbahi officer of organising a gathering at the upazila parishad with the alleged intention of killing him...
Irregularities mark third phase of upazila polls
Massive irregularities, rigging, violence, and boycotts marked the third phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Wednesday amid low voter turnout...
300 BGB platoons deployed ahead of 3rd phase of upazila polls
A total of 300 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order during the 3rd phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election....
Candidates鈥� affidavits, tax returns mismatch
Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International Bangladesh found a mismatch between the affidavits and income tax returns of many wealthy candidates for the third phase of the upazila parishad election slated for May 29...
Polls at 19 upazilas postponed due to cyclone Remal
The Election Commission on Monday postponed the elections to 19 out of 109 upazila parishads in the third phase of the elections slated for May 29 in the context of the devastation caused by cyclone Remal...
Selim Pradhan鈥檚 house attacked in N鈥檊anj
Allegations of repeated attacks and gunfire occurred at the residence of Japan-Bangladesh Group鈥檚 chairman Selim Pradhan at Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj, in support of defeated candidates in the Rupganj upazila parishad elections...
Presiding officer among four sued, 2 arrested
A case has been filed against four people, including the presiding officer, for negligence in Rajnagar upazila parishad elections of Moulvibazar...
One killed as violence, low turnout mark second phase of upazila polls
At least one person was killed and several injured in clashes during the polling of the second phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Tuesday amid...
Lakshmipur-1 MP asked not to participate in polls campaign
The Election Commission sent a letter to lawmaker Anwar Hossain Khan of Lakshmipur-1 constituency asking him not to participate in the upazila parishad...
Chairman candidate accuses state minister of threatening voters
A chairman candidate in the Puthia upazila paishad elections in Rajshahi on Thursday accused state minister for rural development and cooperatives Abdul Wadud Dara of intimidating and threatening voters...
Man killed in Gopalganj UP post-polls violence
A supporter of a defeated candidate of the recently held upazila parishad election in Gopalganj Sadar upazila was shot dead and six others were injured in post-poll violence on Tuesday evening...
BNP expels 52 more leaders for contesting upazila elections
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday expelled 52 more of its grassroots leaders for contesting the ongoing upazila parishad elections ignoring the party decision of boycotting the polls under the Awami League government...
EC cancels state minister鈥檚 brother鈥檚 candidature
The Election Commission on Wednesday cancelled the candidature of Gazipur鈥檚 Sreepur upazila parishad chairman candidate Jamil Hasan for violating the electoral code of conduct...
10 hurt as supporters of 2 chairman candidates clash
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the supporters of the two chairman candidates in Atgharia upazila parishad elections in Pabna on...
130 withdraw candidacy from 3rd phase of Upazila elections
A total of 130 candidates have withdrawn their candidacy from the third phase Upazila Parishad election scheduled to be held on May 29, said the Election Commission on Monday.....
People reject upazila polls under AL govt: Mancha
Leaders of Ganatantra Mancha, a combined platform of six political parties, on Friday said that people rejected the ongoing upazila parishad polls as elections could not be...
AL takes most upazilas in first phase
Leaders of the ruling Awami League and its associated bodies won the chairman post in most of the upazilas in the first phase of upazila parishad elections held on Wednesday amid low turnout and boycott by the most opposition parties...
Low turnout, violence mark polling
The first phase of upazila parishad elections was held on Wednesday amid clashes in some places, low voter turnout, and boycott by most opposition parties, including the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
Voting in first phase upazila parishad elections ends
Voting in the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election in 139 upazilas across Bangladesh ended on Wednesday afternoon...
Voting continues in first phase of upazila polls amid tight security
Voting for the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election was underway across 139 upazilas nationwide on Wednesday, with polls open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm without any interruptions...
First-phase upazila polls today amid violence fear, boycott
The country鈥檚 139 upazilas are set to go to the polls today in the first phase of the four-phase upazila parishads polls amid boycotts of most opposition political parties, including...