The presidential election will be held between 90 and 60 days before the president's five-year term expires

The Election Commission will purchase paper from the state-owned Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM) ahead of the upcoming national parliamentary election.

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir today said the Appellate Division recently ordered providing registration to the party.

Touting those elections as free and fair, Hasina, also the leader of the House, said Jatiya Party has won a seat in one of the by-polls

No one, including leaders of ruling Awami League and opposition BNP, has the right to ridicule Ashraful Hossen Alam, alias Hero Alom, who was a candidate in the recently held by-elections, said Transparency International Bangladesh.

The Election Commission on Tuesday will finalise its decision on whether it will use population data of the 2011 census or wait for the final report of the latest one to delimit parliamentary constituencies.

Ashraful Hossain Alam, widely known as Hero Alam, today applied for a vote recount of the Bogura-4 by-polls which he lost by 834 votes.

Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana yesterday rejected the vote-rigging allegations brought by Bogura-4 independent candidate Ashraful Hossain, alias Hero Alom, saying that those have no basis.

Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana today rejected the vote counting allegations brought by Bogura-4 independent candidate Ashraful Hossain, alias Hero Alom, saying those have no basis.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has ordered Bogura's district election commissioner and assistant returning officer Mahmud Hasan to look into the complaints of Bogura-4 by-election independent candidate Ashraful Hossain Alam, popularly known as Hero Alom.

Awami League candidate Md Ziaur Rahman has won the by-elections to Chapainawabganj-2 constituency with 94,928 votes, according to unofficial results.

Three Awami League candidates and two independents with AL blessings won the by-polls to five out of six constituencies held today.

Awami League candidate Abdul Wadud has been elected from Chapainawabganj-3 constituency with 59,638 votes, according to unofficial results.

Jatiya Party candidate Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has won the Thakurgaon-3 by-elections bagging 84,047 votes.

Independent candidate Ashraful Hossain Alam, widely known as Hero Alam, has lost to Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal candidate AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen by 834 votes in Bogura-4 by-polls today.

Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, former adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, has won Brahmanbaria-2 by-elections as an independent candidate by securing 40,817 votes.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal estimated that voter turnout in the by-polls to six constituencies held today to be between 15 and 25 percent.

An independent candidate in the Bogura-6 by-polls today alleged that Jubo League men had taken control of more than 100 polling centres .

Four crude bombs exploded at a polling centre during the Chapainawabganj-3 by-polls this afternoon.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members recovered an unexploded crude bomb they found in a polling station during the by-elections to Chapainawabganj-3 constituency this morning.