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 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
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the ruling Awami League, will formally kick off the election campaign of the ruling party from a rally in Sylhet likely to be held on December 20.
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The nominations of Bikalpa Dhara candidate Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury and two other candidates from Munshiganj-1 for the upcoming national election were cancelled this morning
Candidates of 30 out of 44 registered political parties have submitted nomination papers for the January 7 national election
The deadline for the submission of nomination papers ended at 4:00pm today
The Awami League has decided to bank on the same candidates in 16 districts for the 2024 national elections slated to be held on January 7.
The ruling Awami League has introduced new candidates for nine out of 20 constituencies in Dhaka for the 12th national election.
Sons of four incumbent Awami League lawmakers have been picked to vie in the upcoming 12th parliamentary election from the constituencies their fathers were elected in the last national polls held in 2018
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