Major opposition BNP is yet to declare any candidate to contest against Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza for Narail-2 constituency in the election.

BNP nominates Afzal Hossain to fight head to head with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the upcoming general election from Gopalganj-3 constituency.

Major opposition BNP nominates 11 of its candidates to contest from the 20 seats of Dhaka district, leaving the rest to be discussed for distribution with allies.

With Amanullah Aman’s fate hanging in the Election Commission, BNP has not taken any chance and has opted for his son instead for Dhaka-2 nomination.

A candidate can spend a maximum amount of Tk 25 lakh for campaigning ahead of the elections, the Election Commission has said.

Fresh out of successfully appealing to the Election Commission for candidacy, Barrister Aminul Haque bags BNP’s final nod to vie for Rajshahi-1.

Singer Kanak Chapa secures BNP’s nomination to contest from Sirajganj-1 constituency in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will contest the upcoming 11th parliamentary elections from Gopalganj-3 constituency. Now, Speaker of the Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will contest from the Rangpur-6 constituency, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.

Ruling Awami League (AL) grants 15 candidates of its six alliance components to compete the upcoming parliamentary election with its electoral symbol “boat”.

Jatiya Oikyafront postpones its schedule of announcing the final list of candidates for contesting in the upcoming general election.

Awami League has given 40 to 42 seats to its key alliance partner HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party (JP) out of 300 constituencies to contest the upcoming general election.

The Election Commission (EC) turns down candidature of Jatiya Party leader Ruhul Amin Hawlader from Patuakhali-1 constituency, for contesting the upcoming general election.

The Election Commission (EC) declares 17 candidates valid after hearing 40 petitions filed against the rejection of their nomination papers by the returning officers during scrutiny on December 2.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government did not want to see the people burning alive which had happened in 2014-15 in the name of resisting election and ousting the government.

Both the ruling Awami League and its archrival BNP are likely to unveil today their final lists of parliamentary candidates, leaving out seats for their alliance partners.

Train services between Dhaka and the northern districts remained suspended for around an hour yesterday as the supporters of an Awami League aspirant blockaded rail link demanding his party ticket for the December 30 polls.

Thirty-seven BNP candidates yesterday won appeals at the Election Commission, helping the party recover partially from the damage done by rejection of the nomination papers of its 141 parliamentary aspirants.

The Jatiya Oikyafront will announce its final list of candidates for the 11th parliamentary election scheduled for December 30.

India says it considers the coming parliamentary elections in Bangladesh as an “internal affair” of Bangladesh and it was inappropriate to make any comment on that.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the party will start giving final nomination letters to their candidates today and the process will be completed by tomorrow [Friday].