DNCC election 2019
DNCC mayor-elect meets PM
Mayor-elect of Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Gono Bhaban yesterday evening.
DNCC Election: The alternative facts and life imitating art
Oscar Wilde wrote in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.” Little did he know
Absence of voters speaks volumes
The extraordinarily low turn-out of voters during the Dhaka North City Corporation election speaks volumes about the general apathy that has developed in people regarding the electoral process.
Voters not interested
“Do they need our votes? Like they did in the December 30 election, someone will cast my vote.”
Empty yet not empty!
Empty! Emptiness, everywhere across Dhaka North yesterday. Empty voting centre, empty polling booth, empty ballot box and empty look in the faces of polling officials. As if the word empty personified the city elections of yesterday, the day when over 30 lakh voters were supposed to elect the mayor of their region.
'Ominous' for democracy
Poor presence of voters in yesterday's Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-polls has demonstrated that people have lost confidence in the country's electoral system, experts said.
Questionable numbers
It was around 10:45am, nearly three hours into the beginning of yesterday's Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls.
AL’s Atiqul takes big lead in DNCC polls
Awami League nominated mayoral candidate Atiqul Islam takes lead with a big margin of vote in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election.
50pc vote cast in DNCC by-polls: EC secy
Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed claims that around 50 per cent votes were cast in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election.
EC Mahbub too witnesses low voter turnout
Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder says he also witnessed low turnout of voters till the morning in the election to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
EC not responsible for low voter turnout: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda shrug off responsibility for the low voter turnout in Dhaka city elections.
DNCC by-polls: Officials, agents spend lazy time
Many polling centres in Dhaka (north) have been seen without any voters’ turning out when The Daily Star’s correspondents were visiting the centres.
DNCC, DSCC polls: Voting ends amid low voter turnout
Voting in the two Dhaka city elections concludes amid low voter turnout in centres.
A rare lack of festivity
The Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-election takes place today but it lacks enthusiasm and festivity.
DNCC by-polls: Banks to remain closed in Dhaka
All scheduled banks and non-banking financial institutions in the capital will remain closed tomorrow for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-polls.
DNCC polls: ‘Passenger bus will be allowed to ply roads’
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says that the passenger bus will be allowed to ply the main roads in the electoral area during tomorrow’s by-election to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
Ban on motorbikes movement in DNCC areas for polls from tonight
The Election Commission (EC) imposed a ban on movement of motorbikes in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas for its by-polls, scheduled to be held on February 28, from tonight.
DNCC By-Polls: It's mostly Atiqul out campaigning
Only the Awami League candidate conducted electioneering at full throttle during the campaign of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls which officially ends tonight, while contenders from other parties were almost absent.
General holiday for DNCC by-polls Feb 28
The government declares general holiday in the electoral areas for by-elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on February 28.