President Vladimir Putin was poised to tighten his grip on power yesterday in a Russian election that is certain to deliver him a landslide victory, though thousands of opponents staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations.
The quality of the January 7 election in Bangladesh was undermined by incidents of state, ruling party and opposition violence, said the US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI).
The US has urged the Bangladesh government to ensure a fair and transparent legal process for political activists arrested ahead of the national elections
The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 18 journalists were assaulted or harassed while covering irregularities and violence during the January 7 national election in Bangladesh.
The ruling Awami League is considering not picking former lawmakers for the women’s reserved seats in parliament to allow new faces in the Jatiya Sangsad, said party sources.
The reserved seats for women in the 12th national parliament are all up for grabs, and a large number of women – from former MPs to even movie stars – have been seeking a spot on the Awami League’s list of potential nominees.
The Awami League yesterday decided not to field party candidates in any local government polls as a measure to stop infighting between AL leaders.
The Election Commission will hold the polls to the Mymensingh City Corporation and the Cumilla City Corporation mayoral by-polls on March 9.
Veteran election observers, Jasmine Tully, former civil servants with extensive experience in the Election Commission, share insights on the recently concluded 12th parliamentary election in interviews with The Daily Star’s Baharam Khan. Jasmine is a former additional secretary to the EC. She joined civil service in 1984 and retired in 2016.
Leaders and activists of left-leaning student organisations of Dhaka University brought out a torch procession today, rejecting the 12th parliamentary election
Nanak said under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, modernisation work will be done by utilising new innovations in the jute and textile sector in line with "Vision 2041"
Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute Coordinator Prof Dr Samanta Lal Sen has been appointed as health minister
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina took oath as the prime minister for the fourth consecutive term and formed government with 37 ministers yesterday.
Two polling centres posted a hundred percent voter turnout each in Sunday’s election, while two others recorded a 98 percent turnout, according to Election Commission’s centre-wise data.
A total of 1,441 candidates out of 1,969 who contested the January 7 polls lost their security deposits for failing to secure the minimum required votes.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has picked Mohammad Ali Arafat as state minister for information and broadcasting
Newly appointed Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said despite various global economic and environmental problems, he is committed to working to provide a better environment to the country's people
