The Election Commission today invited the BNP to a view-exchange meeting on the next national election, among other issues

The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to 13 pro-BNP lawyers including Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president candidate AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and secretary candidate Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal in three separate cases.

Police are yet to arrest the accused in a case filed over taking away a ballot unit of EVM outside a poling centre at Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila parishad by-polls held on Thursday

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir yesterday guaranteed that the next general election will be free and fair, and if they are not able to hold such polls, they will step down from their positions.

Police today detained a local Awami League leader in Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila over taking the ballot unit of an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) out of a polling centre during the by-polls to the upazila chairman post

The total number of voters in this upazila is 1,57,217. Of them, 79,574 are male voters and 77,643 are female voters

Awami League Joint Secretary General Dr Hasan Mahmud today said there is no question of holding dialogue with BNP on the caretaker government issue

The first day of the two-day voting in the annual Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections ended amid clashes between the lawyers backed by the ruling Awami League and BNP today

Pro- BNP lawyers attacked and vandalised the polling booths during the annual Supreme Court Bar Association elections around 3:30pm today chanting "Joy Bangla"

The Election Commission today said polls to five city corporations -- Barishal, Gazipur, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet -- would be held between May 23 to June 29.

Voting in the annual Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election is yet to begin as pro-BNP lawyers are staging a demonstration in the polling centre demanding formation of a fresh election conducting committee under an "acceptable" person.

The two-day annual election to the 14-member executive committee, including president and secretary posts, of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will begin tomorrow.

The Election Commission's Faridpur Regional Officer Mostofa Faruque was sent into forced retirement today, citing public interest

“If foreigners want to know (about election), we don't mind telling them about it as we do not do politics of killings or lies. We don't hide anything, so we have no objection and no hesitation to let the diplomats know about it,” the law minister said

Of the total voters, 6,04,45,724 are male and 5,87,04,879 are female

She submitted the nomination papers to EC Joint Secretary and Returning Officer Md Abdul Baten at the Election Commission office in Agargaon today.

As the next national election will be held under the Election Commission, police are ready to perform their duties as per the instructions given by the commission, Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said today.

The CEC said that if any major party does not participate in the national elections, the results will be questionable

Candidates can submit their nomination papers till March 27 and last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 5

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir today said the post of president of Bangladesh is not profitable. Therefore, there is no obstacle for Md Shahabuddin, a former commissioner of ACC, to become the country’s president..He made this comment while talking to reporters at his office at the elect