The quality of the January 7 election in Bangladesh was undermined by incidents of state, ruling party and opposition violence, said the US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday that her decision to allow party members to run as independents in the recently held national election was necessary to protect democracy.
The US has urged the Bangladesh government to ensure a fair and transparent legal process for political activists arrested ahead of the national elections
A total of 1,441 candidates out of 1,969 who contested the January 7 polls lost their security deposits for failing to secure the minimum required votes.
Two polling centres posted a hundred percent voter turnout each in Sunday’s election, while two others recorded a 98 percent turnout, according to Election Commission’s centre-wise data.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina took oath as the prime minister for the fourth consecutive term and formed government with 37 ministers yesterday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as prime minister of Bangladesh
The country is moving towards a one-party state, Trinamool BNP Secretary General Advocate Taimur Alam Khandakar said today
Bangladesh now has a new government, determined through an election held on January 7 that was described as “controversial" in well-known international press
The Election Commission today gave 20,773 local observers from 84 organisations the approval to monitor the January 7 national election
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal today said violence and breach of electoral code of conduct are not taking place on a "large scale"
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today pledged to make arrangements so that journalists do not face torture, intimidation, or false cases if her party is elected in the next general polls to be held on January 7
Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday sought assistance from the city’s ward councillors to ensure the presence of voters in the January 7 national election.
With the national election still two weeks away, many national and international observers have already termed it as a farce or “staged election.”
Bangladesh is facing the possibility of a third election in which the basic preconditions for a competitive and inclusive election are not really going to be fulfilled, eminent economist Professor Rehman Sobhan said yesterday.
"Trust the system. If anyone of you create any kind of disturbance at a centre … if there is a single case of vote rigging, I will suspend voting in that centre immediately" Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal told candidates in Barishal
Terming her as a migratory bird and criticising her acting background, a top Awami League leader of Rajshahi has suggested actress Mahiya Mahi, an independent candidate for Rajshahi-1, to quit politics and concentrate on her acting career
It is the EC’s role to ensure a congenial atmosphere for people to cast their votes freely.
The US State Department reiterated yesterday that it supports a free and fair election in Bangladesh.
