union parishad polls

Teenager dies in Munshiganj clash

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.

Puzzling maths

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.

UP polls violence claims 10 lives

Thus far reported, 10 people are killed in Jamalpur, Chittagong, Noakhali and Comilla districts in separate incidents of violence during the fifth phase of union parishad polls.

UP Polls / Independents, rebels lobby for fair polls

As an independent chairman candidate in the ongoing Union Parishad polls, she does not want any extra favour; rather her

UP poll violence: 2 injured victims die

Two more victims, who were injured in UP polls violence in Rajshahi and Mymensingh, have died.

UP poll violence: 2 injured victims die

Two persons, who were injured in separate clashes in Thakurgaon and Gaibandha during the fourth union parishad elections, die.

UP Polls Fourth Phase / 6 killed in Bangladesh as violence, irregularities mark vote

Many incidents of violence and irregularities marked the voting in the fourth phase of the union parishad polls yesterday as

Vote rigging at Comilla station, polling suspended

Voting at a polling station in Comilla suspended for stamping ballot papers in favour of Awami League candidate hours before the fourth phase of union parishad election started.

EC tells Whip Atik to stay away from home

The Election Commission asks Atiur Rahman Atik, whip of the parliament, to stay away from his ancestral home in Sherpur ahead of the fourth phase of union parishad polls scheduled for tomorrow.

January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016

Khaleda to sit with senior leaders tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expects to hold a meeting with her party’s National Standing Committee members tomorrow to discuss the country’s latest political situation and to fix the party’s strategies to ensure victory in the upcoming Union Parishad polls.

January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016

MPs to have no role this time

The ruling Awami League has decided to drop its lawmakers from the selection boards tasked with picking candidates for the forthcoming union parishad (UP) polls.

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