The Election Commission (EC) is considering the "proxy voting system" as the best available option to ensure voting rights for expatriates
The Election Commission, reaffirming that the next parliamentary polls will be held in December, yesterday initiated the registration process for new political parties.
It will not be feasible to hold local elections before the national polls mainly because of the lengthy process and logistics involved, say Election Commission officials.
The list now includes 6,33,30,103 male voters, 6,03,52,415 female voters, and 994 voters of the hijra community
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President Mohammed Shahabuddin also appointed four commissioners
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We are at a loss to understand on what grounds the EC can make such a demand of the government.
The Election Commission asked the government to take necessary steps so that no one can take up or enforce any political programmes other than what is needed for electioneering from December 18
Terming the Election Commission “incapable, submissive and spineless”, BNP Spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon says it will not be able to hold upcoming municipality polls in a free and fair manner.
Jatiya Party (JP) calls upon the Election Commission (EC) to extend the deadline for submission of nomination papers for the local municipality elections slated for December 30.
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif hopes that the decision over banning Jamaat-e-Islami will be finalised by March next year.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia demands that the government release all arrested political leaders and return the countrymen their voting rights.
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.
President Abdul Hamid issues an ordinance amending the local government law making municipal polls partisan.
Subscribers who need to re-register their SIM cards will be notified by text messages from their respective mobile phone operators, says Posts and Telecommunications State Minister Tarana Halim.
The government alters its decision on re-registration of mobile phone connection that was scheduled to start on Sunday following a couple of meetings with the Election Commission (EC) and mobile operators.
The public administration ministry withdraws deputy secretary Abdul Bari from an Election Commission project over alleged assault of two journalists.
