election violence
Shift course to ensure rights, democracy
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk yesterday voiced distress that the environment for Sunday’s polls was marred by violence and repression of opposition candidates and supporters.
When will the politics of burning people alive end?
Why haven't our law enforcers been able to identify those responsible for these arson attacks?
Will the law enforcement agencies protect us during elections?
In the last few years, attackers have targeted minority communities, and the law enforcers have displayed apathy or reluctance in catching the culprits, who are often linked to influential groups
Violence cannot be the only language of politics
Unfortunately, our history so far shows that major political shifts have only occurred as a result of violent uprisings on the streets.
In which direction is Bangladesh heading?
The most common question that people are asking these days is: will the upcoming general election be free and fair?
Is the EC fighting an unwinnable war?
There are a few possible explanations behind why the EC chose to suspend the Gaibandha-5 by-poll
Local MP, 10 others, killed in NE India
A state legislator in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and at least ten others have been killed in an attack by suspected separatist militants, officials say.
Electioneering: Violence taints last day too
Even the last day of electioneering was marred by attacks on three aspirants from BNP and Jatiya Party yesterday, leaving at least 15 people injured.
No end in sight to violence
The election is just three days away and polls campaign ends at 8:00am tomorrow, but election violence and attacks on BNP and Oikyafront candidates are escalating even after military deployment.
Rebel candidates behind UP polls violence: Minister
Rebel candidates were responsible for the deadly violence during the recently held Union Parishad (UP) elections, law minister tells the parliament.
Polls violence due to social instability
Social instability and rigid stances of union parishad polls candidates were responsible for the election violence, claimed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday.
Social instability causes of poll violence: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad holds the social instability and rigid stance of the candidates responsible for the election violence.
12 die in deadliest phase of UP polls
It was the deadliest phase of the ongoing polls to union parishads. At least 12 people, including two school-goers and two candidates, were killed in violence during yesterday's fifth-phase voting that was also marked by various irregularities.
UP polls violence claims 4 more lives
Four more people were killed in the last two days, raising the death toll to around 80 in violence over union parishad polls.
Independents, rebels lobby for fair polls
As an independent chairman candidate in the ongoing Union Parishad polls, she does not want any extra favour; rather her
EC seeks more action to check polls violence
As violence continued with each phase of the Union Parishad polls gone by, the Election Commission has asked the home ministry to
6 killed in Bangladesh as violence, irregularities mark vote
Many incidents of violence and irregularities marked the voting in the fourth phase of the union parishad polls yesterday as
US lawmaker for ending violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh
American lawmaker and member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Tulsi Gabbard calls for an end to violence against religious minorities and secular activists in Bangladesh.
Cancel both phases of UP polls over violence, irregularities, BNP urges CEC
BNP urges Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed to announce cancellation of phase 1 and 2 of Union Parishad elections over irregularities and violence across the country.