News Desk Election Commission (EC) has deployed a total of 50,000 law enforcers to ensure peaceful city corporation elections to be held in Dhaka on February 1.
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City elections: Electioneering ends – voting Saturday
The capital turned into a city of processions on Thursday as both mayoral and councillor candidates staged showdowns to demonstrate their popularity at the last moment since the curtain is set to fall on electioneering in the elections to the…
UK High Commissioner hopes peaceful Dhaka city election
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Thursday hoped that the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations will be held in a peaceful and festive manner.
Taposh pledges well-governed, developed Dhaka in election manifesto
Awami League mayoral candidate for the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday unveiled a 5-point election manifesto promising to work for building developed and well-governed Dhaka city.
Stay alert against intimidation, tricks: Ishraque to EC
BNP mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls Ishraque Hossain on Monday feared that a move is on to make the field empty before the February-1 voting as a case was filed against his supporters in connection with…
HC clears way for BNP nominee Tabith to be in race
The High Court Monday turned down a petition seeking cancellation of BNP’s mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Tabith Awal’s nomination, clearing the way for Tabith’s participation in the upcoming election.
BNP briefs foreign diplomats on the issues of election code of conduct
Dhaka, Jan 27 – The opposition BNP on Sunday briefed foreign diplomats based in Dhaka on various issues including violation of election code of conducts by the ruling Awami League.
AL mayor candidate Atiqul promises ‘modern, healthy’ Dhaka
Awami League mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam on Sunday promised to build a “modern, dynamic and healthy” Dhaka if he is reelected.
Dhaka City Polls: BNP candidate Ishraque attacked
BNP’s Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Ishraque Hossain came under attack during campaigning in the city’s Gopibagh area on Sunday morning.
দুর্নীতি ও দূষণে মৃতপ্রায় ঢাকাকে বাঁচাতে হাতপাখা -পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
ঢাকা উত্তরে হাতপাখার প্রার্থী মাওলানা মাসউদের পক্ষে প্রচারণায় পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করীম, পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেন, আমরা নীতি-আদর্শের রাজনীতি করি। সে আদর্শ হলো ইসলাম। ইসলাম প্রতিষ্ঠিত হলে মানুষ তো বটে, একটি পিপীলিকাও…
দেশের অগ্রযাত্রা ও স্থিতিশীল গণতান্ত্রিক ব্যবস্থার স্বার্থে গ্রহণযোগ্য নির্বাচন করুন।
সম্মিলিত সামাজিক আন্দোলনের সভাপতি জিয়াউদ্দিন তারেক আলী ও সাধারণ সম্পাদক সালেহ আহমেদ এক বিবৃতিতে আসন্ন ঢাকা সিটি কর্পোরেশন নির্বাচনে দেশের অগ্রযাত্রার বিষয়টি বিবেচনায় নিয়ে গণতান্ত্রিক ব্যবস্থার স্থিতিশীলতার স্বার্থে সকল ধরনের শঙ্কামুক্ত গ্রহণযোগ্য নির্বাচন উপহার দেয়ার জন্য নির্বাচন কমিশনের প্রতি আহ্বান…
Arrange free, neutral Dhaka City polls: Sujon to EC
Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujon), a civil rights body, on Saturday urged the Election Commission (EC) to arrange “free, neutral and peaceful” Dhaka city polls.
Mayor candidates of AL, BNP to declare election manifestoes
Dhaka, Jan 24 – Mayoral candidates both the Awami League and the BNP for Dhaka North and South city corporations polls are going to place their electoral manifestoes separately through press conferences this week to disclose their plan of action…
Sixteen Jamaat-Shibir men held in Chapainawabganj
Police here on Friday arrested 16 leaders and activists of Jamaat –e–Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from Charmohanpur area in Sadar upazila with cocktails and gunpowder.
Khaleda’s family planning special appeal for her release
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam on Friday said they are planning to make a special appeal seeking her release from jail as they are worried about her life.
New AL committee pays tributes to Bangabandhu at Tungipara
The newly-elected Bangladesh Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) and Advisory Council, led by AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his…
AL conspiring to hinder BNP victory in city polls: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Jan 24 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the ruling party is conspiring to hamper their party’s victory in the elections to two Dhaka city corporations. “As Awami League has become politically bankrupt,…
Class struggle à la droite
by Claus Leggewie on 23rd January 2020 Populism is boosted by economic crises, but its roots are cultural. Populism is a method. It works by mobilising an imaginary homogenous entity called ‘the people’ against an equally ill-defined and generally despised…
Go for ballot; defer polls again, if necessary: BNP
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to defer the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations again, if necessary, for holding it with ballot papers instead of EVMs.
Dispute over rules erupts on impeachment’s first full day
Washington, AP/UNB, Jan 22 – A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
ACC grills Mayor Sayed Khokan’s APS Sheikh Quddus
Dhaka, Jan 21 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday grilled Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayed Khokon’s Assistant Personal Secretary (APS) Sheikh Kuddus and personal assistant (PA) of 11th Jatiya Sangsad Whip Shamsul Huq Chowdhury, Ezaz Chowdhury over amassing…
BCL factional clash leaves 10 wounded at IU
At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a factional clash at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Tuesday afternoon.
Mass wave in favour of ‘Sheaf of Paddy’: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday carried out electioneering in favour of Tabith Awal, their party’s mayoral candidate in the elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), saying that a mass wave has been created in favour…
২০০১ সালে সিপিবি সমাবেশে বোমা হামলা মামলায় ১০ জন আসামির মৃত্যুদণ্ড
২০০১ সালে পল্টনে বাংলাদেশ কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি সিপিবি সমাবেশে বোমা হামলা মামলায় ১০ জন আসামির মৃত্যুদণ্ড দিয়েছে ঢাকার একটি আদালত।
BNP observes Zia’s birth anniv; vows to reinstate democracy
BNP celebrated the 84th birth anniversary of its founder Ziaur Rahman on Sunday vowing afresh to ‘reinstate democracy’ and free party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail making the supreme sacrifice.
BNP mayor candidates happy at deferment of polls
BNP’s mayoral candidates in the elections to Dhaka’s two city corporations on Saturday said they were content with the Election Commission’s decision to give in to the demand from a number of quarters and delay the election.
Election date uproar exposes EC’s incompetence: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said the problem over the date of elections to two Dhaka city corporations was created due to the incompetence of the Election Commission (EC).
Leaving Europe
by Paul Mason @paulmasonnews Paul Mason turns in his Social Europe column from postcapitalism to the theme of post-Brexit Britain. Since 2016 there’s been a question in the back of my mind: which is the last European city I will…
EVM use can’t be allowed, says Oikyafront
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Describing the electronic voting machine (EVM) as a new method of rigging votes, Jatiya Oikyafront on Saturday warned that it will not allow the Election Commission (EC) to use it in the elections to two Dhaka…
Dhaka North and South City polls now on Feb 1
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Elections to both the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will now be held on February 1 instead of January 30.