The Election Commission has terminated its contract with Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) for National Identification (NID) data verification services due to a breach of terms.
No election will be held using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Badiul Alam Majumdar, chief of the Electoral Reform Commission, said yesterday.
The Election Commission, under the stewardship of Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, has embarked on preparations for the nation's 13th parliamentary election, setting the wheels in motion for what it promises to be a festival time in the country's democratic journey
Badiul Alam Majumdar, the head of the Election System Reform Commission, today said there are no obstacles to the Awami League's participation in the upcoming 13th national election
The next parliamentary polls are expected to take place by June 30, 2026, said Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to the chief adviser.
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday assured that the government is fully prepared to hold the national election.
BNP leaders welcomed Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’s announcement on the timeline of national elections but urged a clear and actionable roadmap.
Four eminent citizens responded positively to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s announcement that the next national election would be held either at the end of 2025 or in the first half of 2026.
Two people were arrested early yesterday in connection with a case filed over the abduction and assault of an upazila chairman candidate in Natore.
A total of 1,891 aspirants have submitted nomination papers to contest in the first phase of upazila elections slated for May 8, when 150 upazilas will go to polls.
A total of 1891 aspirants submitted nomination papers for contesting in the first phase of upazila elections slated for May 8
A Barguna court today sent a chairman candidate for Amtali upazila’s Sadar Union Parishad election and four of his supporters to jail in a case filed over killing a supporter of another candidate in pre-polls violence on Wednesday
The Awami League high command is annoyed with some ministers and party lawmakers for announcing the names of their close relatives as chairman candidates for the upcoming upazila polls.
In the wake of Awami League’s decision not to back any candidate and allow anyone to use the party’s electoral symbol in the upcoming upazila elections, many grassroots and central leaders are throwing their weight behind the candidates of their liking.
Many leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami are going to take part in the upcoming upazila polls as independents.
The Awami League yesterday instructed its leaders, ministers, and lawmakers not to interfere in the upazila parishad elections and indulge in any activity that could compromise the neutrality of the polls.
A total of 161 upazilas around the country will go to polls in the second phase, the EC announced following a meeting of the election commissioners
The Election Commission has made mandatory the submission of nominations online for the aspirants of upcoming upazila elections to prevent the violation of the electoral code of conduct.
