The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has decided to shorten the tenure of its election management project in Bangladesh

Election to the Ward 4 in Narayanganj City Corporation which fell vacant after its councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case, was expelled, will be held on August 2.

Twenty eight hilly mynas seized and a man detained on charge of supplying birds in Tongi Bazar area, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

War criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed's execution process will start after release of SC’s full verdict, the attorney general says.

The election to the 1,244 member posts reserved for women in 377 upazila parishads across the country was held almost peacefully

Elections to the 1,245 reserved seats for women in 377 upazila parishads will be held today for the first time in the country.

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Gibson has expressed disappointment over incidents of irregularities, disruptions and interference in the city corporation elections

Protests were staged at Rajshahi University (RU) for the second consecutive day yesterday demanding expulsion and arrest of a

A war crimes tribunal orders Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury to stand on dock for an hour for criticising punishment of Bangladesh-based UK journalist David Bergman.

Locals, relatives and fellow students took out a procession in the town yesterday, demanding immediate arrest and punishment of

Nizam ul Azim, councillor of Ward No-21, was given the post of acting mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation on Tuesday following an order

Awami League nominated candidate Maj Gen (retd) ATM Abdul Wahab won the Magura-1 by-election held yesterday.

The by-election to Magura-1 constituency comprising of Sreepur and a part of the Sadar upazila will be held today.

Eight defeated councillor candidates in the April 28 Chittagong City Corporation elections have filed eight cases in the last three days till yesterday, seeking re-voting in their wards.

The Election Commission must be reconstituted as the incumbent has failed to prove its credibility in past several elections including

A circus elephant tramples three people to death and damages several houses at three villages in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat.

The High Court yesterday stayed for three months the Bangladesh Bar Council election, which was scheduled to be held on May 27.

Citing that ruling Awami League men resorted to “massive” vote-rigging during April 28 city corporation elections, TIB says the elections were not held in free, fair and impartial manner.

Presiding officers noticed no assaults on journalists on the Dhaka city corporation polls day, although such incidents at 30 centres were reported by different media outlets.

The recently held city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong went well because nobody was killed on the occasion, opposition leader Raushan Ershad commented yesterday, while talking to journalists on recent issues at the Jatiya Sangsad Media Centre.