He made the remark while European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller paid a courtesy call on him at the commission's office in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area
In its first statement to the people, the National Citizen Party clearly declared a vision for a second republic in Bangladesh.
A large crowd broke into the house premises and looted valuables before setting fire to a motorcycle parked outside
Jamaat-e-Islami is likely to move an application before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking restoration of an appeal challenging a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration with the Election Commission as a political party
Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim has expressed his dismay over the violence regarding students’ quota reform protests, which have already claimed six lives and left hundreds injured across the country in the last two days.
The US government wants an unconditional dialogue among political parties in the country to resolve the political crisis over the upcoming election, US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu has said
The 25th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) went into session today possibly for the final time before the next general election
Protesting the "violence" unleashed by BNP, ruling Awami League and its all front and associate bodies will stage demonstration across the country tomorrow
The Election Commission (EC) has declared the schedule of the eleventh national elections—the election will hopefully be held on December 30, 2018. The ruling Awami League has drafted its manifesto with a “forward-looking vision”, which is to be unveiled by December 15.
In our upcoming parliamentary election on December 30, 2018 more women MP aspirants have shown an interest to take on a legislative role than ever before (more than 50 from each alliance).
Elections in a democratic system are vital and in order for the elections to be fair, it is important to examine whether the voters are
The Election Commission (EC) had announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary election on November 8, 2018 and shifted the poll date from December 23 to December 30, 2018 as the opposition BNP and the newly formed alliance Jatiya Oikyafront decided to hold a couple of rounds of dialogue with the government. Most of the important demands of Oikyafront remain unfulfilled.
On October 28, Khaleda Zia was convicted and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
I have been engaged in carrying out research on representation and MPs' work with citizens in their constituencies since the 90s. This has led me to write this piece on understanding whether our MPs' roles and responsibilities are truly rooted in constituency service or cultural and societal aspects.
Surprising as it may seem to many, President Abdul Hamid has legal authority to play a significant role in ensuring that the next parliamentary election is held in a free and fair manner.
The atmosphere filled with outrage and calls for justice for the Rohingya people a year ago seems to have largely subsided.
The root of the present crisis over the parliamentary polls lies in the Supreme Court's verdict on the 13th constitutional amendment case which declared the election-time non-partisan caretaker government system unconstitutional. And the solution to the crisis, to a large extent, also lies in the SC verdict.
So far, ten parliamentary elections were held in Bangladesh, of which three—the 1988 election during the Ershad regime, the February 15, 1996 election under the BNP government, and the January 5, 2014 election under the Awami League-led Grand Alliance government—were one-sided.
