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European Parliament for inclusive polls
A visiting European Parliament delegation has called for an inclusive parliamentary election in Bangladesh, and said it is important for
By-polls to 2 JS seats on March 13
The by-polls to Gaibandha-1 and Brahmanbaria-1 will be held on March 13 as the Election Commission yesterday announced the polls schedules for the two parliamentary constituencies.
News Analysis: Violence in UP Polls / EC passes the buck on society
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.
2 polls officials killed in Thakurgaon road crash
Two assistant presiding officers are killed when a bus rams a motorcycle they riding towards a poling centre on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.
6 shot in Munshiganj pre-polls violence
At least six people have been bullet-hit in a pre-election violence in Munshiganj’s Sadar upazila ahead of union parishad election this Saturday.
Polling underway in 9 municipalities
Voting in the election to nine municipalities in seven districts have begun, with over three lakh people expected to exercise their franchise.
UP polls violence victim dies in Rajshahi
A man, who was critically injured in violence over the fourth phase of the union parishad polls held on May 7, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
Civil body questions EC role over UP polls
A civil society platform has questioned the role of the Election Commission over its role in the union parishad elections in view of the poll-time irregularities and violence.
Breaching of polls rules, violence on
Breaching of electoral code of conduct and spates of violence continue in different districts, leaving one person dead, as the third phase of Union Parishad (UP) polls starts on day after tomorrow.
Male villagers flee homes fearing arrest
The people of several villages of three unions of Mathbaria upazila and Bhandaria upazilas under the district are passing days amid fear
EC's denial won't bring remedy
It does not matter much to the Election Commission whether or not the polling is mired in widespread violence and irregularities. It has got some canned words for the nation at the end of polling. And it has kept defending the flawed elections in the same old way for the last two years.
UP polls: AL wins 356 chairman posts, BNP 30
Awami League-backed chairman candidates won elections in 356 union parishads while contestants from its arch rival BNP’s camp won in 30.
Man killed in Jhalakathi, polling officers shot in Noakhali
Two presiding officers are shot in Noakhali as reports of gunfire came from voting centres in Patuakhali and Satkhira during the first phase of union parishad elections.
Voting begins in UP polls
The first phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections begins, marking the start of the country's maiden UP-level polls on partisan lines.
BGB for UP polls to avert violence
The Election Commission has deployed paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for union parishad elections to avert any violence.
Bandarban UP chairman candidate shot dead
Masked miscreants brandish guns and pick up an independent chairman candidate of the Union Parishad polls from his house before killing him in Bandarban’s Ruma upazila.
Municipality polls: 6 hurt in Jhalakathi
Six people including the mayor and rebel candidate of Awami League were injured in Jhalakati Sadar upazila amid the ongoing municipal elections, being held in nine districts.
Shujan doubts fairness of UP polls
Civil society platform Sujon criticises role of Election Commission ahead of the upcoming Union Parishad polls and doubts fairness of the election.
Mammoth task awaits AL
Picking single candidates for the union parishad elections would be a daunting task for the ruling Awami League as the grassroots