Questions have been raised about the current Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal and his colleagues.
Elections are of paramount importance to a country’s quality of democratic governance.
Why did the EVM experiment fall on its face?
Heavy use of plastic in election campaigning raises concerns
It is heartening to see that the media has been preparing statements based on the information in affidavits submitted by the candidates who are running for parliament.
AL-nominated and AL independent candidates will have enough AL supporters to represent a decent voter turnout.
Observation by local and foreign observers may help add credence to the status of fairness of election and make them credible at home and abroad, the chief election commissioner (CEC) said in a letter to the EU.
A further blow to the possibility of elections being free and fair
A fair election will require much more than token initiatives
The Election Commission is going to hold a meeting today to discuss preparations for the 11th National Election likely to be held in late December.
With the next general election just months away, the Election Commission has decided to create around 2,000 new posts, including 517 assistant upazila election officers, to strengthen its activities.
The recent decision by the Election Commission to introduce Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) has raised a lot of eyebrows. At the outset, it must be pointed out that EVMs are nothing new—they have been in use in many countries around the world for nearly two decades, and even in our country, EVMs have been used in local elections for several years now.
Police yesterday foiled a march of Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) by charging batons on its leaders and activists when they were heading to lay siege to the office of the Election Commission in the capital's Agargaon.
A petition is moved before the High Court seeking its directive on the Election Commission and the government not to publish any schedule for holding next parliamentary election until disposal of a pending rule.
The upcoming parliamentary election should be held under a non-partisan government because previous elections under partisan
Jukta Front’s demands of dissolving the parliament and reconstituting the Election Commission are illogical, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said it is quite natural that there would be some concern among the political parties about the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
An election commissioner has strongly opposed the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) in the upcoming national election saying “it alone might plunge the polls into controversy”.
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday said that there is no scope of political parties holding talks with EC before the next parliamentary election.
