Rangamati, Mar 18 (UNB) – Seven people, including an assistant presiding officer, were killed and an presiding officer among 13 was injured in a gun attack on a vehicle of a motorcade carrying election officials and law enforcers in Baghaichhari…
Category: Election
Voting in 116 upazilas begins BD local govt polls phase II
Dhaka, Mar 18 (UNB) – Voters in 16 districts across Bangladesh are exercising their franchise in the second phase of upazila election. Balloting started at 8am on Monday and will end at 4pm in 116 upazilas. A total of 377…
BD local govt voting starts under 1st phase in 78 Upazilas
Dhaka, Mar 10 (UNB) – Voting in the first phase elections to 78 Upazila Parishads in 12 districts is underway on Sunday. The voting began at 8am and will be continued till 4pm without any break. The size of the…
Cat out of bag with CEC’s word on ‘nocturnal exercise’: BNP
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday alleged their party’s allegation of vote ‘robbery’ in December-30 national election has now proved true with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda’s comment that the use electronic voting machines (EVMs) can prevent…
Police restrict movement at DU for student union polls
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB)-Dhaka Metropolitan Police imposed a restriction on movement of outsiders and vehicles on Dhaka University (DU) campus for 24 hours from 6 pm on Sunday ahead of the university’s Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall union polls…
Pro-Al penal wins 18 out of 27 posts in Dhaka Bar election
Dhaka, Feb 09 – Of 27 positions of Dhaka Bar Association, Pro-Awami League lawyers (White panel) got 18 posts including the President, Vice President, General Secretary and Treasurer in the elections for 2019-2020. On the other hand, the BNP-Jamaat backed…
Sultan Mansur deceived People by disobeying party of origin
Dhaka, March 08 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir thinks that Sultan Muhammad Mansur, who took part in the December 30 parliamentary elections, undermined him by taking oath as an MP bypassing the decision of opposition alliance Jatiya…
Candidates busy campaigning ahead of Ducsu polls
Dhaka, Mar 5 (UNB) – Candidates contesting the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) polls are busy trying to woo voters. The election, being held after 28 years, is scheduled for March 11. Candidates from various student organisations, alliances and independent…
Ducsu polls suspense: Demand for extending voting hours
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Claiming that some 43,000 voters will not be able to cast their votes within only six hours, some candidates in the elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall unions on Thursday demanded…
MPs-elect Mansur, Mokabbir want to take oath on March 7
Dhaka, Jan 28 – Gono Forum’s two MPs-elect — Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) and Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) — want to take oath on March 7 to join the 11th parliament. Talking to UNB, the duo said they sent a letter…
Most Dhaka City voters spent holiday at village homes: Quader
AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader has justified the low voter turnout in city elections saying it was a public holiday and most voters went to village homes.
CEC’s 3 reasons for low voter turnout in Dhaka city polls
CEC KM Nurul Huda on Friday revealed three reasons behind the low voter’s turnout in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-polls that held on February 28.
Observing Voter Day is a mockery: BNP
Dhaka, Mar 1 (UNB) – BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday said observing the national voter day after robbing the people of their voting rights is a mockery with the nation. “The people’s voting rightswere snatched through the December…
Dhaka City polls fair, peaceful but not competitive: Quader
AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that DNCC by-elections were held in a free, fair and peaceful manner but the polls were not competitive.
City election also witnessed ‘nocturnal exercise’: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday alleged that the voting in the by-election to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) was “actually held on Wednesday night” determining the fate of a particular person. “The election…
Shafin brings allegation of vote irregularities
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – Singer Shafin Ahmed, the mayoral candidate of Jatiya Party for Dhaka North City Corporation by-election, on Thursday brought the allegation of some irregularities in the voting. He, however, did not specify the allegations saying he…
EC not responsible for low voter turnout: CEC
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Thursday said the low voter turnout in the ongoing elections to the two city corporations is not the liability of the Commission. “It’s the responsibility of candidates and…
Voting to elect Dhaka North Mayor, 48 Councillors begins
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – Voting in the by-election to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), and in 36 wards of Dhaka north and south city corporations (DSCC) began on Thursday amid rain. The balloting that began…
Dhaka Bar election began on Wednesday
Dhaka, Feb 27 – Voting in the two-day polls to elect the office bearers for 2019-2020 of Dhaka Bar Association, begun Wednesday with big enthusiasm. Of the total voters of 17,8,97, four thousand six hundred and thirty-five voters cast their…
Preliminary list of DUCSU polls candidates published
Dhaka, Feb 27 – Dhaka University (DU) authority on Wednesday published the preliminary list of candidates after primary scrutiny of the nomination papers for its Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall unions polls scheduled for March 11. According to the…
Dhaka North City mayoral election Thursday
Dhaka, Feb 27 – The by-election to mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and election to 36 ward councilor posts and 24 for women reserved seats in 36 new wards under both the DNCC and Dhaka South City…
Dhaka Bar Association election begins Wednesday
Dhaka, Feb 26 – Voting in the two-day polls to elect the office bearers for 2019-2020 of Dhaka Bar Association, kicks off on Wednesday. Seven thousand eight hundred ninety seven voters are expected to cast their vote, starting from 9…
HC rejects plea to stay Ducsu polls schedule
Dhaka, Feb 25 (UNB) – The High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition to stay the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election schedule. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s Dhaka University unit leader Fahmida Mazid moved the court on Sunday. She…
DU student seeks stay on Ducsu election process
Dhaka, Feb 24 – A Dhaka University (DU) student on Sunday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a stay on the process for holding of election to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) scheduled for March 11.…
Writ filed seeking stay on Ducsu polls
Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB) – A writ was filed with the High Court seeking stay on the schedule of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) polls. Barrister Ruhul Kuddus, a Supreme Court lawyer and also the counsel of the petitioner…
Dec-30 election was a farce, people own the state: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – Claiming that the government staged a ‘farce’ on December 30 in the name of election, Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday urged all to be united to take the country’s ownership back and…
Election commitments to youth should be realised
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – Speakers at a dialogue on Friday observed that it is high time for the policymakers to reflect the youth aspirations in the national agenda and implement the election commitments. Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh in…
Public hearing arranged as respect to Constitution: Kamal
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said they are holding the public hearing on the ‘irregularities in the 11th parliamentary election to show respect to the Constitution. “We’re not judges, and we don’t…
Jatiya Oikya Front’s public hearing on Dec-30 polls Friday
Dhaka, Feb 21 – Jatiya Oikya Front will hold a public hearing in the city on February 22 to depict the “real scenario of vote robbery” in the 11th parliamentary election before the country’s people and international community. The programme…
UZ polls going to lose its charm, says EC Mahbub
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Tuesday reiterated that the upcoming upazila parishad election is going to lose its charm following the boycott by the main opposition party. “The main opposition party is refraining from participating…