Cox’s Bazar district administration has imposed a three-day ban on tourists visiting Saint Martin Island in preparation for the 12th national election on January 7.

With election knocking at the door, candidates and their supporters are trying to come up with various strategies to woo voters.

Jatiyo Party chairman GM Quader yesterday alleged that his party’s candidates across the country are being threatened and intimidated by Awami League during their electioneering.

Moshiur Rahman Ranga, an independent candidate from Rangpur-1 constituency and former general secretary of Jatiyo Party, has violated the electoral code of conduct by allegedly  organising a feast for at least 7,000 voters from his electoral area Gangachhara upazila on Friday.

Jatiyo Party chairman GM Quader and secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu claimed on several occasions that their party has no consensus with the ruling Awami League regarding the upcoming national elections.

Sixty-year-old Md Ibrahim, a farmer in Dhalghat Camp area under Patiya upazila, witnessed almost all the national elections held in Bangladesh so far.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today categorically said Bangladesh won't accept any foreign meddling to the January 7 national polls

Alleges GM Quader

Stating that every election is challenging, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal today said the commission is ready to tackle any challenges for holding the upcoming national elections

The Border Guard of Bangladesh will work to ensure a peaceful voting atmosphere, said its Director General Maj Gen AKM Nazmul Hasan today

Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila Awami League has sought the cancellation of the candidacy of Mojibur Rahman Chowdhury, popularly known as Nixon Chowdhury, for allegedly breaching the electoral code of conduct..Nixon is contesting the upcoming national election from Faridpur-4 constituency as an

At least 20 activists of independent candidate Shamsul Haque Chowdhury for Chattogram-12 constituency were injured in two separate attacks during electioneering in the district’s Patiya upazila today

At least 15 people were injured following a clash between supporters of two groups of Awami League this afternoon during the election campaign of actor Ferdous Ahmed in Hatirpool of the capital

The Election Inquiry Committee of the Gaibandha-2 constituency issued a show-cause notice to the Jatiya Party candidate Abdur Rashid Sarkar for violating the electoral code of conduct

PM Sheikh Hasina said the countrymen would give a befitting reply to those conspirators through votes on the January 7 election

The electoral law permits the ruling Awami League and opposition Jatiya Party to spend up to Tk 4.5 crore each as campaign expenditure for the January 7 polls

A total of 34,530 personnel of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to help maintain law and order so that the upcoming general election can be held in a free, fair, and peaceful manner.

Having secured the Awami League nomination from Magura-1 for the January 7 national election, Bangladesh’s most famous cricketer has turned his focus to the political field.

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday decided to postpone the election to the Naogaon-2 constituency following the death of an independent candidate earlier in the day.

First, his candidature was cancelled during scrutiny of the Election Commission.