Fourteen chairman candidates have won unopposed in Barisal for the upcoming Union Porishod election.

Fourteen chairman candidates have won unopposed in Barisal for the upcoming Union Porishod election.
The number of voters in Bangladesh has now increased to 11.17 crore (111.7 million) following the inclusion of some 19 lakh (1.9 million) fresh voters in the last one year.
The parliamentary constituency (Laxmipur-2) of Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul has been declared vacant after the independent parliamentarian was sentenced by a Kuwaiti court for criminal offense involving moral turpitude.
Dhaka, Feb 5 – The BNP on Friday accused the government of vote fraud in the elections to city corporations and announced to hold public rallies in six cities, demanding fair and credible polls.
News Desk The Election Commission suspended voting at No-7 ward in Thakurgaon municipality polls scheduled to be held on February 14, after the death of a councilor candidate.
Dhaka, Jan 30 — Candidates of the ruling Awami League have been unofficially elected from the majority of the municipalities that went to polls on Saturday in the third phase, according to partial results.
Police arrested a suspect Friday from Dhaka’s Jatrabari for the murder of BNP-backed Sirajganj councillor-elect Tariqul Islam Khan just minutes after his victory in the recently concluded phase-II municipal elections.
Dhaka, Jan 17 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that Awami League (AL) candidates snatched the victory in Saturday’s municipal polls by indulging in ‘vote robbery ‘.
Gaibandha, Jan 17 – Two separate cases were filed and five people arrested early Sunday over vandalizing vehicles of law enforcers and arson attack during municipality polls in Gaibandha.
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden have both held rallies on the eve of a vote that determines which party will have a tiebreaking majority in the US Senate.
Feni, Jan 3 – Ten Awami League candidates are set to be elected ward councillors of Feni municipality as they were the only ones to submit nomination papers from their areas. District Election Officer Md Nasir Uddin Patwari confirmed this.
Thirty-five people were injured in a clash between the supporters of two Union Parishad Chairman candidates at Lalganj Bazar in Mehendiganj upazila on Friday night, ahead of Ulania Union Parishad election billed for December 10.
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Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan, and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path.
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Even before Election Day, the 2020 race was the most litigated in memory. President Donald Trump is promising more to come.
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North Carolina, yes. Pennsylvania, yes. Wisconsin, no. That’s how the Supreme Court has answered questions in recent days about an extended timeline for receiving and counting ballots in those states.
Why is it that one candidate can win the popular note but another wins the electoral vote and thus the presidency? That’s how the framers of the Constitution set it up.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, sparred sharply Thursday night about the country’s world-leading coronavirus death toll at their second and final debate 12 days before the Nov. 3 national…
Dhaka, Oct 17 – Awami League candidate Md Kazi Monirul Islam was unofficially elected in Dhaka-5 by-polls held with the use of EVMs amid the low turnout of the voters on Saturday. Kazi Monirul Islam won the election beating his…
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Saturday explained the reasons behind the low turnout of voters in the by-elections to Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 constituencies saying that there was no chance for the change in the government with the by-elections.
US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have batted away key questions during separate meet-the-voter TV events.
Chandpur, Oct 10 – A youth was killed in a clash outside a polling station in Chandpur during the municipal election held there on Saturday.