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Chhatra Odhikar Parishad demands DUCSU polls by June

The Chhatra Odhikar Parishad on Wednesday demanded that the Dhaka University authorities announce a specific timeframe for Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections by May and hold an ‘acceptable, participatory, and competitive’ election by June...

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DCs urged to help to ensure fair election

The deputy commissioners on Sunday, the opening day of their three-day annual conference, were urged to help hold the forthcoming national polls in a fair manner.

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1,806 BGMEA members eligible to vote

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association currently has 1,806 active members who are eligible to become voters and can exercise their voting rights in the upcoming BGMEA polls...

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JU admin forms election commission for JUCSU polls

The Jahangirnagar University administration has taken a significant step towards restoring student democracy to the university by forming an election commission to conduct the long-awaited elections to the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union...

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DUCSU elections likely early next year: DU proctor

The long pending elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and its hall unions are expected to take place by late January or early February next year, after a six-year gap since the last DUCSU polls in 2019...

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How reasonable is demand for polls before reform?

AFTER the July-August 2024 mass uprising, the nature and framework of the interim government have sparked fresh debates in political and intellectual circles. Some argue that failing to establish a ‘revolutionary government’ following such a massive uprising was a mistake. This has led to disagreements on how best to address the ongoing crisis in the country. While some, including the BNP and many...

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Rational approach includes provincial council polls

THE government is being very rational in its actions whether in dealing with the economy, the travel advisories or the reconciliation process, and is reaping the rewards. Its victory at the local council election in Elpitiya is an indication that its popularity after a month in power is continuing and that it is not confined to president Anura Kumara Dissanayake...

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Kashmir votes in final round of regional polls

Indian-administered Kashmir was voting Tuesday in the third and final round of polls to elect its first government since the insurgency-wracked territory was brought under...

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Security high as Kashmir votes in round two of regional polls

Indian-administered Kashmir voted on Wednesday to elect its first government since New Delhi scrapped the Himalayan territory’s semi-autonomous status, sparking widespread protest in a region wracked by a decades-long insurgency...

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Another killed in post-poll violence

One more person, a supporter of defeated Kamarkhanda upazila vice-chairman candidate Selim Reza was allegedly beaten to death by supporters of another defeated candidate, Hafizur Rahman, in the early hours of Thursday...

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14 injured in Ishwardi UP polls violence

At least 14 people were injured in a clash between supporters of two chairman candidates at the Ishwardi upazila parishad election on Friday evening, ahead of the third-phase...

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156 upazilas go to polls today

The country’s 156 upazilas will go for elections today amid fears of violence, intimidation, and low voter turnout in the second phase of the upazila election. 

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Lok Sabha polls slipping out of Modi’s hands: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Thursday that the Lok Sabha election is gradually slipping out of prime minister Narendra Modi’s hands and he will now try to enact some drama to divert the attention of the country’s youngsters...

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UP member jailed, another person held in Chuadanga during upazila polls

A Union Parishad member was jailed and another was arrested for obstructing voters from entering polling stations in Damurhuda and Jibannagar upazilas of Chuadanga as voting for the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election is underway across 139 upazilas on Wednesday...

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EC orders transfer of Subarnachar OC, ASI

The Election Commission ordered the transfer of Noakhali’s Subarnachar police station office-in-charge ahead of the upazila parishad polls...

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