maiden partisan municipality polls
AL wins in 4, BNP in 3 municipal polls
The ruling Awami League wins in four municipalities while its arch rival BNP bags three mayoral posts in the elections to the local government bodies which were suspended due to violence and irregularities.
Stayed municipal polls on Jan 12
Re-elections to 51 polling stations in 20 municipalities across the country will be held on January 12, officials at the Election Commission say.
We are not real opposition: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says people as well as the media do not treat the party as an opposition in the parliament due to its image crisis.
Don’t get frustrated from municipal polls results, Khaleda tells BNP men
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the party men not to get frustrated by the results saying free and fair elections will take place timely.
BNP’s joint meeting Saturday
BNP announces to hold a joint meeting of the party on Saturday to evaluate the municipality election results.
Hanif urges candidates to accept polls results
AL Joint Secretary General Mahbubul Alam Hanif urges all the candidates to accept the polls results whatever it might be.
Violence, irregularities mark municipal polls
The country’s maiden partisan local body polls end amid reports of violence, clashes, irregularities, boycott of at least 19 candidates, and death of one person. Election Commission scraps polls in one Chittagong municipality and suspends five policemen over 'negligence of duty'.
Voting halted at 25 centres of 10 municipalities
Clashes, ballot occupation and allegations of forced balloting mark the start of country’s maiden municipality polls under political banners.
Polls to be held in festive mode: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad hopes the municipal elections will be held in a festive mode.
BNP to meet CEC, likely to file complaints
A BNP delegation will meet Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad ahead of the maiden partisan municipal polls on December 30.
Khaleda demands army deployment in municipal polls
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia demands army deployment for what she said holding the upcoming municipality polls in a free and fair manner.
‘Govt, EC conspiring to influence polls’
BNP alleges that the government and the Election Commission are jointly conspiring to influence December 30 municipal election results in favour of the ruling party.
BNP forms body ahead of municipality polls
BNP forms a central convening committee to assist its mayoral hopefuls and monitor the whole process of the country’s maiden partisan municipality polls scheduled for December 30.
Govt repressing BNP over municipal polls: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government has resorted to repressive acts to thwart its “possible debacle” in the municipal polls scheduled for December 30.