Dhaka, May 11 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to look at the Malaysian national election as it has manifested that public opinion cannot be resisted by an undemocratic and corrupt…
Category: Election
Role of voting in reviving democratic practice
Since the beginning of the year the world has witnessed 24 national elections in which nearly 100 million people cast their votes. All together in 2018, there will be a total of 68 planned electoral processes in 45 countries ranging…
People to foil attempt rig Khulna polls: BNP
Dhaka, May 10 – BNP on senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday warned that people will foil any attempt of vote rigging in Tuesday’s Khulna City Corporation polls.
SC orders Gazipur City polls by June 28
Dhaka, May 10 – The Appellate Division on Thursday asked the Election Commission to hold the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Election by June 28.
Mathir 92 leads opposition to power ending 60-year NF era
Kuala Lumpur, May 10 (AP/UNB) — An alliance of Malaysian opposition parties led by the country’s 92-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad won a fiercely contested general election, ending the 60-year rule of the Malay-dominated National Front. The result is a…
Gazipur polls not possible on 15 May if stay rejected: CEC
Dhaka, May 9 – The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda Wednesday said it would not be possible to hold the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls on May 15 if the court cancels the stay order of HC that…
AL expresses no confidence in KCC returning officer
Dhaka, May 9 – Prime Minister’s Political Adviser HT Imam on Wednesday alleged that the activities and behaviour of returning officer of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Yunus Ali is biased towards a particular party.
BNP charges govt with conspiracy against KCC polls
BNP on Wednesday alleged that people are worried about the fate of Tuesday’s Khulna City Corporation polls as the government has various ‘evil designs’ to stop the voting.
Hearing on Gazipur City polls stay deferred for a day
Dhaka, May 9 – The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday deferred to Thursday the hearing on the appeal petitions filed challenging the High Court order that stayed Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months.
EC to appeal against Gazipur polls stay
The Election Commission on Tuesday decided to appeal with the Appellate Division challenging the High Court order that stayed Gazipur City election for three months, just nine days before the polls slated for May 15.
Hearing on appeal against Gazipur polls stay Wednesday
The Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hold hearing on the two appeal petitions on Wednesday challenging the High Court order staying the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months.
Hearing of writ of BNP’s Gazipur Mayor candidate Tuesday
Dhaka, May 6 – The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division will hold the hearing Tuesday on an appeal filed by BNP mayoral candidate Md Hasan Uddin Sarker challenging the High Court order that stayed the Gazipur city corporation (GCC)…
Govt may stop Khulna City election too: BNP
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday feared that the government may now try to get the Khulna city corporation polls stayed by court as a mass wave has also been created there like Gazipur in favour of the…
AL’s fear of defeat led to Gazipur election stay: BNP
Dhaka, May 6 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government has got the Gazipur City Corporation election stayed by the court resorting to tricks sensing the sure defeat of the ruling party mayoral…
Gun attack on BNP-backed KCC councilor candidate
Khulna, May 6 – Some unidentified miscreants opened fire on a BNP backed councilor aspirant for Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election at Jamuna Road in Khlishpur on Saturday night.
HC stays, EC stops election activities in Gazipur
Dhaka, May 6 – The Election Commission on Sunday ordered the returning officer to stop all election activities in Gazipur City Corporation following a stay order of the High Court.
BNP’s demand to reconstruct EC ‘impractical’: Tofail
Terming it ‘impractical’, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday turned down BNP’s demand of reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) with neutral persons before the next general election.
Dhaka loses to Kazakstan in OIC Asst Scy Gen election
Bangladesh has lost to Kazakhstan in the election for the post of OIC Assistant Secretary General for science and technology.
BNP demands reconstitution of Election Commission
BNP on Saturday demanded reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) with neutral persons before the announcement of the schedule for the next general election.
People will decide form of election-time govt: BNP
BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday said it is the people who will determine under which government the next general election will be held in the country.
No plan to include BNP in poll-time govt: Quader
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said there is no plan to include BNP in the cabinet of the poll-time government as the party has no representation in the current parliament.
Election without solving political crisis not acceptable: BNP
Dhaka, May 3 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said people will not accept if the next general election is held without resolving the ‘ongoing political crisis’.
EC not capable of holding national election: Fakhrul
Dhaka, May 2 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said political parties will not accept a schedule for the next general election if announced before a political understanding over the nature of election-time government.
People to vote for AL this time too: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the people of Bangladesh will surely vote in favour of Awami League this time too if they do not want to push the country to the path of destruction like in 2001.
Schedule of Parliamentary polls in October: EC
Dhaka, April 30 – Election Commission (EC) Monday said the schedule of the 11th parliamentary polls will be announced in October this year.
Gazipur Mayoral candidates promise to build a clean city
Dhaka, April 30 – The mayoral candidates in Gazipur City Corporation polls Monday Promised to build a clean and modern city as well as solve the important problems of city peoples. They also placed their various plans to solve these problems…
AL workers asked to work together for victory in Gazipur
Dhaka, April 29 – The ruling Awami League leaders have called upon the Gazipur city unit leaders and workers to work together in a bid to make the party symbol Nouka victorious in the May 15 city elections.
Khulna, Gazipur polls: Irregularity to invite movement: BNP
Dhaka, Apr 29 – BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Sunday warned that their party will launch a fresh anti-government movement if the elections to Gazipur and Khulna city corporations are not held in a fair and credible manner.
EC sounds tough against poll duty negligence
Khulna, April 29 – Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury on Sunday said the EC would not backtrack in taking action against those involved in negligence of duty and violation of election code of conduct in the upcoming…
No level playing field yet in Gazipur, Khulna cities
BNP on Sunday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) could not yet create a level-playing field in Gazipur and Khulna cities for holding credible polls there on May 15.