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.
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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
An election commissioner says it will be suitable for the Election Commission (EC) if municipal polls are held in the third week of December.
Telecom operators will sign deals with the Election Commission today to get access to the national identification database to introduce biometric registration system for new SIM cards.
Abdul Kader Siddique’s nomination for the Tangail-4 by-polls is scrapped for charges of over Tk 10 crore in loan default.
The annual income of BNP increases three times last year compared to that of 2013, according to an audit report.
The Election Commission urges the government to withdraw its deputy director who beat up two journalists at his office.
Employees and staff of National Identity (NID) Registration Wing physically assault two journalists at the office premises.
On July 26, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said 'a caretaker government is not a must for holding national election, but it has to be held under a neutral government, no matter what its name is'.
Election Commission Bangladesh (ECB) has started updating electoral roll since July 25, 2015 which will continue up to February 10, 2016.
BNP seeks one and half more month time from the Election Commission to file audit reports of its annual income and expenditure of 2014.
The EC's tilt was no less pronounced on the eve of and on the day of the elections. Press reports, photographs and narratives of many involved in the election administration process have amply established its culpability in undermining fair election.
