Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton today collected nomination paper for contesting the Rajshahi City Corporation election to be held on June 21.

Suspended Gazipur city mayor Zahangir Alam today filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the authorities' decision to cancel his candidacy in the city corporation election to be held on May 25

Unidentified people attacked the house of former ward councillor and local BNP leader Md Mahbub Kaisar last night.

Five mayoral candidates have collected nomination papers to compete in Khulna City Corporation election -- to be held on June 12.

Jatiya Party, the main opposition party in parliament, has nominated its mayoral candidates for city corporation polls in Gazipur, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal.

The United States has reiterated that it does not endorse one political party or candidate over another in Bangladesh

"I don't have anything else to get into that beyond as it's an internal, domestic election," said US State Department's Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel

The Election Commission (EC) will issue a show-cause notice to Azmat Ulla Khan, Awami League mayoral candidate in Gazipur City Corporation election, for allegedly violating the electoral code of conduct while submitting nomination papers

The returning officer, however, declared his mother Zaida Khatun's nomination valid

Awami League candidate Noman Al Mahmud won the Chattogram-8 by-polls yesterday.

Awami League candidate Noman Al Mahmud has won the Chattogram-8 by-polls today

Mohammad Jahangir Alam, suspended mayor of Gazipur City Corporation, this afternoon submitted his nomination papers to run for mayor as an independent

Voting in the Chatogram-8 by-polls began this morning amid a thin presence of voters.

The Election Commission is all set to hold the by-election to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon-part of Panchlaish) constituency today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they would allow observers from the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) in the upcoming general election

President-elect Mohammad Shahabuddin today dispelled any worry about the next general election saying that there is an independent election commission to make the voting impartial, participatory, and acceptable to all

The AL nominees are: Abul Khayer Abdullah in Barishal, Ajmatullah Khan in Gazipur; Khairuzzaman Liton in Rajshahi; Talukder Abdul Khalek in Khulna; and Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury in Sylhet

The Election Commission has rolled out stricter guidelines for journalists who will cover the next polls

The election to Gazipur City Corporation will be held on May 25, polls to Khulna and Barishal city corporations will take place on June 12, while Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations will go to polls on June 21

After getting an invitation from the chief election commissioner to a views-exchange meeting over the next general polls, the BNP said such talks are meaningless