Dhaka, Nov 14 – Jatiya Oikya Front on Tuesday said their participation in the elections depends on the behaviour of the government and the Election Commission (EC).
Dhaka, Nov 14 – Jatiya Oikya Front on Tuesday said their participation in the elections depends on the behaviour of the government and the Election Commission (EC).
The Election Commission has asked the law enforcers to take necessary measures so that the election aspirants and their supporters follow the electoral code of conduct while collecting and submitting nomination forms from and to the offices of their parties.
A delegation of Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday, seeking deferment of the national election by a month.
The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Public Administration Ministry to appoint an adequate number of executive magistrates at the field level to check the violation of the election code of conduct in the 11th parliamentary polls to be held…
Amid demand from opposition political parties, the Election Commission on Monday deferred the 11th national election to December 30 from December 23.
BNP has formally sent a letter to the Election Commission seeking deferment of the 11th parliamentary elections by one month.
The Election Commission has a plan to deploy army in those polling stations where Electric Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the 11th national election.
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission is carrying out its all activities to keep the current Prime Minister in power again.
BNP on Friday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) ‘unilaterally’ announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections ignoring the opinions of political parties at the behest of the government.
The Election Commission has appointed Deputy Commissioners of all the districts and two divisional commissioners as Returning Officers(ROs) to conduct the 11th national elections to be held on December 23 next.
The Election Commission (EC), now awfully busy to hold the 11th national election, says it will require an amount of Tk 700 crore to arrange polls, which is more than double than that of the 10th general election.
The senior leaders of Jatiya Oikyafront on Monday urged the Election Commission (EC) not to announce the schedule for the next general election until the outcome of its Wednesday’s talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Election Commission on Sunday finalised the draft rules to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the general election.
Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Saturday sent a letter to the Election Commission requesting it not to announce the next general election schedule until the ongoing dialogue is over.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday night said the High Court’s directive to the Election Commission not to accept the amended Article 7 of the their party constitution is not ‘acceptable’.
The High Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission not to accept the amended Article 7 of BNP’s constitution and dispose of the petition in this regard within a month.
The schedule for the next parliamentary election will be announced in the first week of November, said Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed on Thursday.