BCL activist killed in Brahmanbaria post-poll violence
A Bangladesh Chhatra League activist was shot to death by opponents during the joyous procession of the winning candidate in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila election...
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175 platoons of BGB deployed ahead of 4th phase of Upazila polls
A total of 175 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh personnel have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order during the 4th phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election.....
EC, NBR must act on allegations of candidate wealth mismatch
THE mismatch between the amounts of wealth that upazila election candidates have stated in income tax returns and election affidavits, as Transparency International Bangladesh came up with at press conference on May 27, warrants investigation, and consequent action, on a couple of fronts by authorities...
Upazila candidates鈥� wealth聽rises unusually
The income and wealth of public representatives participating in the ongoing upazila elections and their dependants increased manifolds in five years, according to...
457 platoons of BGB deployed ahead of 2nd phase of Upazila polls
A total of 457 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh have been deployed to maintain law and order ahead of the second phase of Upazila Parishad Elections billed for May 21....
SC scraps Salim Prodhan鈥檚 candidature in Rupganj upazila election
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court order to return the candidature of Narayanganj鈥檚 Rupganj upazila parishad chairman candidate Salim Prodhan, a convict in a case over amassing illegal wealth and money laundering....
BNP expels 52 more leaders for contesting upazila elections
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday expelled 52 more of its grassroots leaders for contesting the ongoing upazila parishad elections ignoring the party decision of boycotting the polls under the Awami League government...
BNP expels five more leaders for contesting Upazila elections
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expelled five more of its grassroots leaders for participating in the second phase of upcoming upazila elections by violating the party decision.....
Voter turnout in Upazila elections between 30-40pc: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Wednesday that the voter turnout in the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad polls was between 30 to 40 per cent.....
UP chairman arrested with money during upazila rlection in Sirajganj
A Union Parishad chairman was arrested with Tk 94,000 allegedly for buying votes for a chairman candidate in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj during the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Polls held at 139 upazilas in the country on Wednesday....
Five presiding officers arrested for holding secret meeting
Six people including five presiding officers were arrested on charge of holding a 鈥榮ecret meeting to work for a chairman candidate鈥� in Sirajganj upazila parishad election to be held on Wednesday....
BNP urges voters not to go to polling stations for upazila elections Wednesday
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday urged the voters not to go to the polling stations on Wednesday to cast their votes in the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections....
Ministers, lawmakers cannot influence upazila parishad polls: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Tuesday that ministers and lawmakers cannot influence the upazila parishad elections.....
BNP to expel 66 more leaders over upazila polls
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has decided to expel 66 more grassroots leaders for contesting the second phase of the upazila parishad elections violating party order.....
BNP expels 4 more leaders for contesting polls
The BNP has expelled its four more grassroots leaders for participating in the first phase of upcoming upazila elections by violating the party鈥檚 decision...
Maximum forces to be deployed in upazila polls: govt
The government will deploy maximum force to hold the upcoming upazila elections peacefully, officials said on Monday...
BNP expels 73 party leaders for contesting upazila polls
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party expelled 73 party people for taking part in the first phase of upazila parishad elections scheduled...
Palak interference challenged in HC
A local resident on Thursday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of the failure of government authorities, to take action against Natore-3 constituency lawmaker and state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak for interference in Singra upazila elections...
Democratic continuity will falter if upazila polls not fair: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday said that the democratic continuity, which he claimed established through the January 7 Jatiya Sangsad elections, would be tainted if the forthcoming upazila parishad elections are not held in a free and fair manner....
BNP asks 64 leaders to show cause for contesting upazila polls
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has issued show-cause notices to its 64 grassroots leaders, seeking an explanation as to why they are contesting the forthcoming upazila parishad elections first phase on May 8, defying...
Party decision violators will face action: Quader
The ruling Awami League said on Wednesday that organisational action will be taken against lawmakers and ministers whose relatives were contesting the ongoing upazila parishad elections defying party instructions...
Candidate abduction accused quits race
Lutful Habib, brother-in-law of state minister for information and communication technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak who was accused of abducting and torturing his lone rival chairman candidate in the forthcoming Singra...
AL not to hold confces during upazila polls: Quader
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that their party would stop holding conferences and forming committees at all levels during the upcoming upazila parishad elections.....
Mancha condemns security deposit increase in upazila elections
The central steering committee of Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Thursday condemned the decision of the Awami League government increasing security deposits of the candidates...
AL MPs, ministers asked to pull out kith and kin from upazila polls
The ruling Awami League has instructed its lawmakers and ministers to ask their family members and close relatives to withdraw their nomination papers for the upazila elections that will start in phases on May 8....