Bangladesh Election Commission

Why overhaul of EC is topmost priority

Questions have been raised about the current Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal and his colleagues.

The alterations we need in our Election Commission

Elections are of paramount importance to a country’s quality of democratic governance.

Column by Mahfuz Anam / EVMs, the EC, and waste of public money

Why did the EVM experiment fall on its face?

Future lawmakers, or lawbreakers?

Heavy use of plastic in election campaigning raises concerns

Turn candidates' halafnama into amalnama

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.

Opinion / Of the AL, for the AL, and by the AL

AL-nominated and AL independent candidates will have enough AL supporters to represent a decent voter turnout.

Observers may help add credence to fairness of polls, CEC says in reply to EU

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.

Govt decision to curtail EC’s power

A further blow to the possibility of elections being free and fair

A poll-time government without BNP?

A fair election will require much more than token initiatives

March 25, 2015
March 25, 2015

20-party terms city polls stage-managed drama

BNP terms the upcoming elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations as stage-managed drama to distract people’s attention from its anti-government movement

March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015

Ensure level-playing field, groups tell EC

Election Working Group (EWG) urges the Election Commission (EC) to take measures for ensuring a level-playing field for candidates in Dhaka and Chittagong city polls

March 16, 2015
March 16, 2015

City polls by Apr 30 to be comfortable for police: IGP

The police chief says they will feel comfortable if the elections to the capital’s two city corporations and Chittagong City Corporation are held by April 30.

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