Former chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday told a Dhaka court that the 2024 national election was “dummy and farcical”.
The last DUCSU election took place in 2019, shrouded by accusations of vote-rigging, anomalies, and dominance by BCL.
The interim government is not mandated to oversee local elections. Its primary responsibility is to conduct parliamentary elections.
The ongoing protest by students and mass people demanding justice has surfaced in a profound democratic void in Bangladesh.
"I think the election that was held in Bangladesh on January 7 this year was the freest, fairest and most neutral since 1975."
Shantanu Majumder, a professor of political science at the University of Dhaka, talks about his thoughts on Bangladesh’s recent national election and its implications on society and opposition parties, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.
Politicians provided a steady supply of obnoxious, potentially title-winning examples
Two polling centres posted a hundred percent voter turnout each in Sunday’s election, while two others recorded a 98 percent turnout, according to Election Commission’s centre-wise data.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina took oath as the prime minister for the fourth consecutive term and formed government with 37 ministers yesterday.
The election enquiry committee today served a show cause notice against Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan for violating the electoral code of conduct by allegedly threatening voters during the election campaign
Armed forces will be deployed on the ground for eight days from January 3 to 10 January to perform election duties
The Election Commission has decided to withdraw Debi Chanda, deputy commissioner of Habiganj, who has been working as the Returning Officer for the upcoming election slated for January 7
The Election Commission has invited heads of embassies and missions in Bangladesh and the resident representative of UNDP for a meeting on January 4 to brief them about the upcoming national election
Less than two weeks out from the election, candidates are campaigning hard to woo voters and secure victory in the 12th National Election on January 7, 2024
BNP will distribute leaflets on December 26, 27 and 28 and conduct mass contact programmes to drum up support in favour of their campaign to boycott the January 7 national election
The outcome that the BNP and its allies are hoping for is what the AL had achieved in 1996
It asks countrymen to boycott election, not to pay taxes
The BNP and like-minded political parties are likely to start campaigns on Friday to dissuade voters from casting ballots on January 7, said party sources.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said BNP and its allies can't win peoples' hearts through arson terrorism and killing
