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.
Jatiya Party and other parties of the Awami League-led alliance would now field MP candidates separately, leaving the seat-sharing issue to be solved later, as the deadline for filing nomination papers expires tomorrow.
At least 32 aspirants want to take on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Bogura-6 and-7 constituencies in the upcoming parliamentary election, scheduled to be held on December 30.
Jatiya Oikyafront wants to take full advantage of growing discontent among nomination seekers from the Awami League and its allies and gives special attention to the constituencies where the 14-party alliance, led by the ruling AL, is facing the problem.
The Election Commission will take the decision tomorrow on whether the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections will be differed or not, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda says.
The early announcement of the polls schedule and decision to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) has created uncertainty regarding the fairness and acceptability of the election, speakers said at a programme yesterday.
Election Commission (EC) asks the returning officers not to cancel nomination papers of aspirants seeking to contest in the 11th general election if there is any silly mistake in the documents.
Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Juktofront has called upon the Election Commission to reschedule the election date on December 30 for the sake of nominating candidates with clean image.
BNP will hold an emergency meeting with its 20-party alliance leaders tonight to devise the next course of action.
Election Commission starts sending nomination forms and other polling materials to its field level offices from the BG Press in Dhaka ahead of the upcoming general election.
Jatiya Party’s alliance presses the Election Commission for immediate announcement of election schedule. United National Alliance (UNA) conveys the pressure at a meeting with election commissioners at the commission’s Agargaon office.
