Ministers, lawmakers cannot influence upazila parishad polls: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Tuesday that ministers and lawmakers cannot influence the upazila parishad elections.....
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Six arrested in Sirajganj for holding 鈥榮ecret meeting鈥� over upazila poles
Six people including five presiding officers were arrested on charge of holding a 鈥榮ecret meeting to work for a chairman candidate鈥� in Sirajganj upazila parishad election to be held on Tuesday...
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...
71-yr-old man detained in KNF case
A 71-year-old national ethnic minority person was arrested for his alleged connection with ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front and bank looting incident in Ruma upazila of Bandarban in early April, the officials said on Monday...
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...
EC orders transfer of Subarnachar OC, ASI
The Election Commission ordered the transfer of Noakhali鈥檚 Subarnachar police station office-in-charge ahead of the upazila parishad polls...
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...
1,588 submit nomination papers for upazila polls third phase
A total of 1,588 candidates have submitted nomination papers in 112 upazilas in the third phase of upazila parishad elections, said the Election Commission on Thursday in the last day of filing nomination papers...
BNP to expel 66 more leaders over upazila polls
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has decided to expel 66 more grassroots leaders for contesting the second phase of the upazila parishad elections violating party order.....
BNP expels 4 more leaders for contesting polls
The BNP has expelled its four more grassroots leaders for participating in the first phase of upcoming upazila elections by violating the party鈥檚 decision...
Maximum forces to be deployed in upazila polls: govt
The government will deploy maximum force to hold the upcoming upazila elections peacefully, officials said on Monday...
Car of upazila chairman candidate attacked
The car of Shibalay upazila chairman candidate in Manikganj has allegedly been attacked Saturday night...
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 expels 73 party leaders for contesting upazila polls
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party expelled 73 party people for taking part in the first phase of upazila parishad elections scheduled...
Palak interference challenged in HC
A local resident on Thursday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of the failure of government authorities, to take action against Natore-3 constituency lawmaker and state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak for interference in Singra upazila elections...
Democratic continuity will falter if upazila polls not fair: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday said that the democratic continuity, which he claimed established through the January 7 Jatiya Sangsad elections, would be tainted if the forthcoming upazila parishad elections are not held in a free and fair manner....
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...
Party decision violators will face action: Quader
The ruling Awami League said on Wednesday that organisational action will be taken against lawmakers and ministers whose relatives were contesting the ongoing upazila parishad elections defying party instructions...
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...
Both AL, BNP must practise democracy within party
THE stand that the ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the largest in the opposition camp, have taken on participation in the staggered upazila council elections, the first phase of which involving...
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....
Candidate abduction accused quits race
Lutful Habib, brother-in-law of state minister for information and communication technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak who was accused of abducting and torturing his lone rival chairman candidate in the forthcoming Singra...
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...
AL not to hold confces during upazila polls: Quader
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that their party would stop holding conferences and forming committees at all levels during the upcoming upazila parishad elections.....
Mancha condemns security deposit increase in upazila elections
The central steering committee of Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Thursday condemned the decision of the Awami League government increasing security deposits of the candidates...
AL MPs, ministers asked to pull out kith and kin from upazila polls
The ruling Awami League has instructed its lawmakers and ministers to ask their family members and close relatives to withdraw their nomination papers for the upazila elections that will start in phases on May 8....