DNCC election 2019
DNCC mayor-elect meets PM
Mayor-elect of Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Gono Bhaban yesterday evening.
DNCC Election: The alternative facts and life imitating art
Oscar Wilde wrote in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.” Little did he know
Absence of voters speaks volumes
The extraordinarily low turn-out of voters during the Dhaka North City Corporation election speaks volumes about the general apathy that has developed in people regarding the electoral process.
Voters not interested
“Do they need our votes? Like they did in the December 30 election, someone will cast my vote.”
Empty yet not empty!
Empty! Emptiness, everywhere across Dhaka North yesterday. Empty voting centre, empty polling booth, empty ballot box and empty look in the faces of polling officials. As if the word empty personified the city elections of yesterday, the day when over 30 lakh voters were supposed to elect the mayor of their region.
'Ominous' for democracy
Poor presence of voters in yesterday's Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-polls has demonstrated that people have lost confidence in the country's electoral system, experts said.
Questionable numbers
It was around 10:45am, nearly three hours into the beginning of yesterday's Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls.
AL’s Atiqul takes big lead in DNCC polls
Awami League nominated mayoral candidate Atiqul Islam takes lead with a big margin of vote in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election.
50pc vote cast in DNCC by-polls: EC secy
Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed claims that around 50 per cent votes were cast in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election.
Absence of voters speaks volumes
The extraordinarily low turn-out of voters during the Dhaka North City Corporation election speaks volumes about the general apathy that has developed in people regarding the electoral process.
DNCC Election: The alternative facts and life imitating art
Oscar Wilde wrote in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.” Little did he know
DNCC mayor-elect meets PM
Mayor-elect of Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Gono Bhaban yesterday evening.
Questionable numbers
It was around 10:45am, nearly three hours into the beginning of yesterday's Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls.
'Ominous' for democracy
Poor presence of voters in yesterday's Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-polls has demonstrated that people have lost confidence in the country's electoral system, experts said.
Empty yet not empty!
Empty! Emptiness, everywhere across Dhaka North yesterday. Empty voting centre, empty polling booth, empty ballot box and empty look in the faces of polling officials. As if the word empty personified the city elections of yesterday, the day when over 30 lakh voters were supposed to elect the mayor of their region.
Voters not interested
“Do they need our votes? Like they did in the December 30 election, someone will cast my vote.”
AL’s Atiqul takes big lead in DNCC polls
Awami League nominated mayoral candidate Atiqul Islam takes lead with a big margin of vote in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election.
50pc vote cast in DNCC by-polls: EC secy
Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed claims that around 50 per cent votes were cast in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election.
Shafin brings allegation of vote irregularities
Singer Shafin Ahmed, the mayoral candidate of Jatiya Party for Dhaka North City Corporation by-election brought the allegation of some irregularities in voting.