The Election Commission yesterday finalised a total of 40,199 polling centres nationwide for the December 30 polls.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Election Commission that several Western countries, along with some reputed regional and international groups, expressed their interest in sending election observers for the December 30 polls.

The Election Commission has received a record number of appeals by parliamentary aspirants whose nomination papers were rejected by returning officers.

The BNP's strategy of fielding multiple candidates in almost every constituency has worked effectively. Otherwise, the party would not have any candidates in a large number of seats, say senior party leaders.

The Facebook ID and fan page of eminent singer and BNP candidate from Sirajganj-1 Romana Morshed Kanak Chapa have been allegedly hacked.

A total of 234 aspirants file appeals with the Election Commission as their nomination papers were cancelled by the returning officers during scrutiny.

BNP and Jatiya Oikyafront are playing a blame game to make the upcoming general election controversial, Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal General Secretary Dilip Barua said this today.

Nagarik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna today said people need to defeat the ruling party through voting in the upcoming general election to establish their rights.

Just four weeks before the December 30 polls, the Jatiya Party in a sudden move yesterday removed Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the secretary general's post and replaced him with State Minister for LGRD Moshiur Rahman Ranga.

The High Court yesterday ordered a local returning officer to accept the nomination paper of Jamaat leader Golam Rabbani, a BNP-backed aspirant for Rangpur-5 constituency in the upcoming national election.

Zahiruddin Swapan, a BNP-nominated aspirant for Barishal-1 constituency, yesterday sent a letter to the Election Commission seeking security for his family and party men under the Representation of the People Order (RPO).

At least two Awami League men were killed and 10 others injured in a factional clash in Pabna yesterday, following previous rivalry over establishing supremacy in an area.

The BNP had as many as 141 nominations rejected while their rival the ruling Awami League only had three, sources in the Election Commission said.

Sixty-four percent of the polling centres across the country are vulnerable to violence, with the highest number of such centres in Dhaka division, and police have finalised an elaborate security plan giving importance to those.

The strategy of fielding candidates by the members of the major opposition alliances led by the BNP saved them from having no candidate in three seats -- Bogura-7, Jamalpur-4 and Rangpur-5.

Saiful Alam Nirob could not even appear at the returning officer's office to file his nomination paper fearing police harassment.

Jatiya Oikyafront urges the Election Commission to issue directives to the Home Ministry to release all leaders and activists of different parties arrested in “political” cases.

BNP raises a question over the validity of Awami League former general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam’s candidature claiming that he had no signature in his nomination paper.

Aspiring candidates have begun to file in appeal at the Election Commission challenging the rejection to run for general elections on December 30.

The BNP has nominated Salauddin Ahmed to run for Dhaka-4 constituency and chose his son, Tanvir Ahmed, as a backup candidate.