The ruling Awami League and its archrival BNP have adopted almost similar strategies to deal with their rebel candidates for mayoral

Small political parties are more interested in contesting the national elections than the local government polls. This is evident in their lukewarm response to the upcoming municipality polls. The municipality polls, for the first time, will be held on partisan lines. Political parties registered with the Election Commission can contest the polls by nominating their candidates.

The High Court has stayed for six months the process for holding elections to Singair Pourasava in Manikganj on allegation of irregularities in voters' list.

Selection of single mayor aspirants by the grassroots of Awami League sparked protests in several municipalities raising the fear that the candidates might face intra-party rebels in the upcoming polls.

Electronic Media Marketing Association (EMMA), an organisation of marketing executives of the country's television

The Election Commission yesterday rejected the demand of the Awami League and the Jatiya Party for changing a provision of the electoral code that bars MPs from electioneering, drawing sharp reactions from the party leaders.

Dhaka North City Mayor Annisul Huq vows to take action against attackers who went berserk during an eviction drive at Tejgaon.

The ruling Awami League, the Workers Party of Bangladesh and the BNP will formally meet the chief election commissioner to press home their respective demands on the upcoming municipality polls, leaders of the parties said.

The BNP yesterday announced that it would contest the December 30 municipality polls on certain conditions, including deferral of the polls by 15 days.

The Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) is set to hold its two-yearly elections today to elect a 56-member executive committee

The Election Commission yesterday directed all the 236 returning officers (ROs) of upcoming municipality polls to

Elections to 234 municipalities will be held on December 30, marking the start of the country's first local government polls on partisan lines.

A Dhaka court yesterday indicted four suspected Islamic State (IS) operatives for conspiring to topple the government through subversive activities and establish a Khilafat state in Bangladesh.

The High Court orders Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities to provide Nazma Begum, an acid victim of Chandpur, with treatment in the burn unit of the hospital at its own cost until she gets fully cured.

Elections to around 240 municipalities across the country are likely to be held on December 30, said Election Commission officials.

The Election Commission yesterday sent two separate drafts of electoral rules and code of conduct for the upcoming municipality polls to the law ministry for scrutiny.

Parliament last night passed three bills allowing partisan elections to the mayoral post at city corporation level and to the chairman post at upazila parishad and union parishad levels.

Forest officials arrested 12 fishermen for fishing in the sanctuary in West Sundarbans under Satkhira range on Tuesday night.

Syeda Saira Mohsin, widow of former social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali, last night got the ruling Awami League's (AL) ticket to

A mobile court sentences two students to one month’s jail for their involvement in fraudulent activities during 'Gha' unit admission test of the Dhaka University.