Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday urged the Election Commission to hold local government polls under the interim government before the upcoming 13th national election.

Former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda, who oversaw the 2018 national polls, was arrested after a mob assaulted him at his Uttara residence yesterday evening,

The government took note of the chaotic situation created by a "mob" during the arrest and the physical assault on the accused

A free and fair election is not possible without the cooperation of the government no matter how independent the Election Commission is, said Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday.

Each office bearer, including the president and general secretary of the National Citizen Party (NCP), will be allowed to serve a maximum of two terms in their lifetime in either post, according to the approved draft charter adopted at the party’s sixth general meeting yesterday.

Ahead of the 13th national parliamentary election, the Election Commission (EC) has requested updated information on minor repairs at educational institutions used or likely to be used as polling centres.

No one will be spared if they resort to violence or irregularities, he says

They expect reforms to be completed or nearly completed before the elections

Bangladesh has witnessed 12 national elections since independence and none of them were held in April

In his address to the nation, CA says EC will later provide detailed roadmap

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Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday said the next general election is likely to be held between December and June.

'Wounds caused by crimes against humanity perpetrated by AL still fresh,' says CA's press secretary

The decision was taken at a meeting held at the EC secretariat

The election must not be delayed beyond April next year, said Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday.

Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah today said that the gazette in Ishraque Hossain's name was issued only to comply with the Election Tribunal's order, as the law ministry failed to provide its opinion within the stipulated timeframe

The Election Commission has issued an amended gazette notification declaring BNP-nominated candidate Mohammad Ishraque Hossain as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation.

BNP sees no reason to delay the national election beyond December, said the party’s standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday.

The next national election must be held by December following necessary state reforms based on consensus, said leaders of the BNP and Gono Odhikar Parishad after a meeting yesterday.

The Local Government Reform Commission has proposed holding all local government elections under a single schedule before the next national election.