Chairman candidate lands in jail in Tk 2,000cr laundering case
The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on Tuesday sent Samsul Alam Chowdhury, a chairman candidate in the Faridpur Sadar upazila parishad...
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People to boycott upazila polls: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said that democracy-loving people would boycott the forthcoming upazila parishad elections slated for...
Upazila candidates richer than MP candidates
The movable assets of chairman candidates in the first phase of the upazila parishad elections scheduled for May 8 have increased up to 4,200 per cent, more than...
BNP begins boycott campaign
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has started distribution of leaflets calling on people to boycott the forthcoming upazila parishad elections beginning on...
3 hurt in AL factional clash in Barishal
At least three people were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League over the upcoming upazila parishad election at...
EC committed to hold free, fair upazila elections
Election commissioner Anisur Rahman on Saturday said that the Election Commission was committed to doing everything necessary to hold the...
BNP asks 64 leaders to show cause for contesting upazila polls
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has issued show-cause notices to its 64 grassroots leaders, seeking an explanation as to why they are contesting the forthcoming upazila parishad elections first phase on May 8, defying...
26 AL people elected uncontested
Over two dozen ruling Awami League-backed candidates in the upazila parishad elections have been elected unopposed in the first phase of the...
EC postpones polls in three upazilas of Bandarban
The Election Commission has decided to postpone the Upazila Parishad elections in Thanchi, Ruma and
Relatives of AL MPs, ministers still in race
Many family members and relatives of ruling Awami League lawmakers and ministers remained in the contest for the first phase of the upazila parishad elections, defying the instructions of the party high-ups, as they did not withdraw their candidature on the last day on Monday...
Many BNP leaders defy party
Only a handful of 45 grassroots leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party responded to the party鈥檚 call to withdraw their candidature from the first phase of upazila parishad elections slated for May 8 in 150 upazilas...
Single nomination paper filed for post of chairman in 3 upazilas
The returning officer鈥檚 office for each of Sadar in Cumilla and Raujan and Rangunia in Chattogram received a single nomination paper from the ruling Awami League aspirants for the post of chairman in each of the upazilas for the second phase of upazila parishad elections....
2,055 file nomination papers in 160 upazilas
A total of 2,055 aspiring candidates submitted nomination papers for three positions鈥攃hairman, vice chairman general seat and vice chairman seat reserved for women鈥攊n the second phase of the upazila parishad elections...
Jamaat changes mind over joining upazila polls
The Jamaat-e-Islami has withdrawn from the decision to participate in the upazila parishad elections and sent instructions accordingly to all its grassroots committees...
Two held for abducting upazila chair candidate
The police on Tuesday arrested two people including an activist of Juba League, youth wing of the ruling Awami League, on charges of abducting and beating a chairman candidate in the upcoming Singra upazila parishad election...
Chairman candidate beaten up in Natore
A chairman candidate in the upcoming upazila parishad election in Natore was beaten on Monday, allegedly for filing his nomination paper in the elections.
Chaos in AL ahead of upazila polls
The ruling Awami League is facing a chaotic situation over the forthcoming upazila parishad elections as influential leaders and lawmakers have started backing their relatives and close associates to contest...