The BNP has claimed that its allegation of “vote robbery” in the December 30 national election has now been proved to be true with the CEC's comment that the use of EVMs can prevent stuffing of ballot boxes the night before an election.
Tara Mia finds it difficult to even move his right arm deformed since birth. A bit tall and scrawny, the man from Sunamganj's Jamalganj upazila uses his left hand to have meals.
Strongly denouncing the election-day violence in Bangladesh, Western powers have said there are “credible” reports that polls irregularities marred the voting on December 30.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who led her party to a landslide victory in the national election, may come up with a surprise by inducting new faces into the cabinet, likely to be formed on Sunday.
Most of the lawmakers-elect of the Jatiya Party yesterday said the party should join the Awami League-led new government.
A group of foreign and local election observers, who monitored the December 30 parliamentary election, has termed the election free, fair, peaceful and on a par with major democratic countries in the world.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will brief foreign journalists and observers who came to Bangladesh to monitor the 11th national election held yesterday.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is elected unofficially from Bogura-6 constituency in the 11th parliamentary elections held on Sunday.
An activist of ruling Awami League (AL), who was injured in an attack allegedly by BNP men at a Rajshahi polling centre on election day, succumbs.
BNP told the Election Commission that its polling agents had been obstructed in 221 constituencies during the election.
Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas, heavyweight candidates of BNP, refuse to cast their vote in protest to what they said vote rigging.
According to regulations, the Election Commission mandates uninterrupted voting across all centres from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
The ban on public and private transport on the election day is taking a heavy toll on the public, former chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda said today.
At least 64 people are injured and eight arrested in 16 incidents of violence.
The House of Jatiya Oikyafront candidate from Brahmanbaria-3 is attacked, vandalized, looted allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League men.
Accusing ruling party men of resorting to violence and widespread irregularities, including stuffing ballot overnight, driving out its polling agents and capturing polling stations across the country, BNP on Sunday morning alleged that the government is trying to bring the election results in its favour through a lopsided election.
Since vote casting started, allegations have been pouring in from The Daily Star journalists complaining that they were barred from entering various polling centres around Dhaka city.
A total of 47 Jatiya Oikyafront candidates have boycotted the election so far citing vote rigging and ballot stuffing.
Presiding officer of Matuail Union Parishad polling centre records 700 votes cast within two hours of voting.
