Awami League-backed candidate Rafiqul Islam wins the mayoral race in the Narayanganj’s Kanchan municipality election.
The country saw loss of 145 lives in violence throughout the six phases of partisan union parishad elections, a civil body platform says.
Two suspects in the killing of a newly elected UP chairman are killed in a “gunfight” with police in Joypurhat Sadar upazila. Both of them were allegedly involved with the murder of newly elected Badsha UP chairman AK Azad, police say.
Parbatya Chhatragram Janasanghati Samity (PCJSS-Santu Larma) has been observing a 36-hour road and waterway blockade in Rangamati demanding reelection at a polling centre at Bhushanchhara union of Barkal upazila of the district.
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 Election Commission has passed the buck to the society by making a ridiculous claim that "social instability is one of the major causes" for the widespread violence in the just concluded union parishad polls.
The staggered union parishad elections, the deadliest in the country's electoral history, ended yesterday with four more lives lost in polls violence.
Social instability and rigid stances of union parishad polls candidates were responsible for the election violence, claimed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday.
The overall achievement of the Election Commission in holding yesterday's union parishad polls peacefully has been marred by irregularities in some places, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed says the overall achievement of the Election Commission to hold a free and fair Union Parishad polls has been marred as irregularities took place in some unions during the second phase polls.
Citing an oblique reference to the first phase of Union Parishad elections, the ruling Awami League claims that the second phase of UP polls is held in a free, fair and peaceful manner.
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.
Chittagong district unit BNP demands cancellation of today’s union parishad elections alleging widespread irregularities by ruling party men and demanded re-election in those unions.
The second phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections began this morning as 639 unions of 47 districts go to polls. Over 1.12 crore voters will be eligible to exercise their vote under nearly 6,200 polling stations. Follow The Daily Star’s Twitter account for live updates @dailystarnews.
Fifteen people including son of a union parishad (UP) polls candidate are detained with explosives from a house adjacent to a polling centre in Barura upazila of Comilla.
Barely able to walk and bent over with the weight of age, 90-year-old Razia Khatun could not falter the enthusiasm on her face – she had come to cast her vote.
Voting at a polling centre in Nayanagar union of Jamalpur's Melandah upazila suspended as miscreants tried to snatch ballot boxes before the second phase of the union parishad polls started. Meanwhile, a clash between supporters of two candidates disrupts voting at a polling centre in Daulatpur of Kushtia.
The second phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections in 639 unions of 47 districts ended this afternoon. The UP polls are held on partisan lines for the first time.
