Rahgir Almahi Ershad takes oath as MP
10 October 2019, 09:03 AM JS Polls 2018
BNP’s Siraj wins Bogura-6 by-polls
24 June 2019, 07:12 AM JS Polls 2018
HC rejects writ challenging MPs’ oath-taking
18 February 2019, 07:26 AM Country
Zakia Nur takes oath as MP
16 February 2019, 09:40 AM Politics
Dec 30 polls challenged in High Court
13 February 2019, 21:13 PM JS Polls 2018
Address 'threats to democracy' in Bangladesh
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM Front Page
Polls in Kishoreganj-1 Feb 28
22 January 2019, 13:29 PM JS Polls 2018
No tension in Grand Alliance
17 January 2019, 18:00 PM Back Page

Inaugurating Dev Projects: PM, others can't do it until polls results out

Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other ministers cannot inaugurate any development project or lay any foundation stone until the results of the upcoming general election are announced.
22 November 2018, 18:00 PM

AL-JP Seat-Sharing: Hasina, Ershad may talk it out today

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is likely to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also chief of the ruling Awami League, at the Gono Bhaban today amid disagreement between the two parties over seat-sharing, said JP sources.
22 November 2018, 18:00 PM

They fill the void

Family members of at least 25 BNP leaders who died in the last 10 years are likely to get party tickets.
22 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Don’t cast vote for corrupts: ACC chief

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood calls upon the countrymen not to cast vote for the black money owners and corrupts in the upcoming general election slated for December 30.
22 November 2018, 15:22 PM

Fake letter on PSC pad asks halt in recruitment

A fake letter reportedly surfaces at several ministries asking a halt on the recruitment into open public service positions at those ministries.
22 November 2018, 09:25 AM

2 more leather industrial parks, if AL re-elected: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government will set up two more leather industrial parks in Chattogram and Rajshahi for unlocking the huge potentials of the country's leather sector if her party is re-elected in the next election.
22 November 2018, 09:01 AM

BNP didn’t give case list after polls schedule: CEC

BNP did not provide a list of the cases filed against their activists after the election schedule was announced, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says.
22 November 2018, 07:20 AM

It’s embarrassing, CEC says on presiding officers’ ‘harassment’

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda instructs law enforcers “not to harass” presiding officers ahead of the upcoming elections. “We did not instruct you to do this. Don’t do this. This is embarrassing. We did not want this,” the CEC says.
22 November 2018, 05:04 AM

Many BNP leaders, activists eagerly waiting to join AL: Quader

Many leaders and activists of opposition BNP are eagerly waiting to join the Awami League, the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.
21 November 2018, 15:01 PM

Even PM cannot lay foundation of any project now: EC secy

Even the prime minister will not be able to lay the foundation of any new project now as per the electoral code of conduct, Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed says.
21 November 2018, 14:08 PM

BNP’s allegations are clear and specific, Fakhrul to EC

In response to Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed’s remark that the EC will not take any random allegations against its officials and police into cognisance, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the party’s allegations are clear and specific.
21 November 2018, 13:16 PM

JS Polls: EC to monitor social media to stop propaganda

The Election Commission will monitor the social media platforms, especially Facebook, to prevent spread of propaganda ahead of 11th parliamentary election scheduled for December 30, EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed says.
21 November 2018, 11:26 AM

Release 5 detained nomination aspirants, BNP writes to EC

The BNP submits a list of five detained nomination aspirants of the party to the Election Commission. The party also sends a letter to the commission urging the constitutional body to immediately release of the leaders.
21 November 2018, 08:32 AM

Tarique continues interview of nomination seekers thru’ Skype

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has joined the interview process for nomination seekers through Skype for the fourth day.
21 November 2018, 05:53 AM

The decision rests with me

After being unreachable for most of the party ranks over the last couple of days, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad showed up before them yesterday.
20 November 2018, 18:00 PM

BTRC unblocks Skype

The telecom regulator yesterday unblocked Skype, a communication application, backtracking from its position a day after it was blocked.
20 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Gopalganj-3: 2 grassroots BNP men looking to take on Hasina

Two BNP grassroots leaders have bought party's nomination forms to run for lawmaker from Goplaganj-3, the constituency from where Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will contest.
20 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Khaleda's JS Seat: More than a dozen seek BNP ticket

More than a dozen nomination seekers were interviewed yesterday by the BNP nomination board for Feni-1 from where party Chairperson Khaleda Zia was seeking to contest the upcoming national election.
20 November 2018, 18:00 PM

'Returning officers briefed at PMO'

Deputy commissioners, who have been made returning officers for the upcoming polls, were called in for a meeting at the PMO soon after they were briefed at the Election Commission on November 13, the BNP has alleged.
20 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Fewer observers in Dec 30 polls

The presence of observers in the upcoming election will be thinner compared with that in 2008, as both domestic and international organisations are unwilling to deploy strong workforce mainly due to fund crunch.
20 November 2018, 18:00 PM