The only way out of a controversial election is dialogue
If the Election Commission cannot ensure free and fair elections, it could have at the very least prevented the process of “a potentially fraudulent polls”, said Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik.
Unveiling the polls schedule, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal urged all political parties to join the election.
Chief Election Commissioner Habibul Awal is addressing the nation to announce the schedule for the 12th parliamentary election.
Can anyone be blamed for concluding that the EC is partisan and incapable of performing impartially and independently?
It is quite intriguing how the RPA amendment can be so accommodating to defaulters who are desperate to gain political power.
It must be recognised that the election is not a one-day phenomenon – it is a process involving multiple interrelated steps
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal told reporters at the Election Commission that Shahabuddin, the ruling party nominee, was elected unopposed
Biden’s “inflection point” applies to Bangladesh, too.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad holds the social instability and rigid stance of the candidates responsible for the election violence.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad says the causality increased during fifth phase of Union Parishad (UP) election compared to the previous phases.
It does not matter much to the Election Commission whether or not the polling is mired in widespread violence and irregularities. It has got some canned words for the nation at the end of polling. And it has kept defending the flawed elections in the same old way for the last two years.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday claimed that the first phase of the union parishad polls was “acceptable” as voting was “peaceful” in most of the polling centres.
Over 700 unions will go to polls today against the backdrop of the deadly violence during electioneering in the last couple of weeks.
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says organisational steps will be taken against the lawmakers who will get involved in electoral activities during the upcoming union parishad elections.
Re-elections to 51 polling stations in 20 municipalities across the country will be held on January 12, officials at the Election Commission say.
Terming it as an "updated version" of vote rigging, BNP decides to express their dissatisfaction of the municipality polls.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed claims that the municipality elections were held in a peaceful manner except some stray incidents here and there.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad says the Election Commission will decide tomorrow on the demands of political parties over the upcoming municipality elections.
