We need an EC which is truly independent from all aspects; this independence does not only mean structural independence, but operational and financial independence along with individual independence of the election commissioners.
A teenage boy is shot dead and two others are injured in a clash between supporters of an elected councillor and a defeated candidate of Munshiganj municipality elections.
Every month, a union parishad chairman gets only Tk 1,575 as honorarium from the government. He gets another Tk 2,000 from his UP. During his five-year-tenure, he would receive around Tk 2.14 lakh. He does not get any other pay and perks.
The CEC has tried to blame everything on the political culture prevailing in the country, which sounded funny. It has only convinced the rest of us that he was blaming the dance floor to hide that he didn't know how to dance.
Even the chief election commissioner (CEC) has admitted that violence has escalated in the fifth phase of the elections.
The ongoing Union Parishad polls have become the bloodiest election in Bangladesh history.
Vote counting begins in the fourth phase of union parishad elections in 703 unions of 47 districts today.
Another 703 unions of 47 districts go to polls in the fourth phase today amid tension and fear of violence as many ruling Awami
Around 620 union parishads (UPs) in 46 districts go to polls in the third phase today amid tension and fear of violence, as elections in
We need an EC which is truly independent from all aspects; this independence does not only mean structural independence, but operational and financial independence along with individual independence of the election commissioners.
A teenage boy is shot dead and two others are injured in a clash between supporters of an elected councillor and a defeated candidate of Munshiganj municipality elections.
Every month, a union parishad chairman gets only Tk 1,575 as honorarium from the government. He gets another Tk 2,000 from his UP. During his five-year-tenure, he would receive around Tk 2.14 lakh. He does not get any other pay and perks.
The CEC has tried to blame everything on the political culture prevailing in the country, which sounded funny. It has only convinced the rest of us that he was blaming the dance floor to hide that he didn't know how to dance.
Even the chief election commissioner (CEC) has admitted that violence has escalated in the fifth phase of the elections.
The ongoing Union Parishad polls have become the bloodiest election in Bangladesh history.
Vote counting begins in the fourth phase of union parishad elections in 703 unions of 47 districts today.
Another 703 unions of 47 districts go to polls in the fourth phase today amid tension and fear of violence as many ruling Awami
Around 620 union parishads (UPs) in 46 districts go to polls in the third phase today amid tension and fear of violence, as elections in
The EC has been under fire after two phases of UP elections were marred by widespread irregularities and violence.
