BNP’s senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan today urged the country’s people not to be part of a lopsided and dummy election that is meant to extend the term of illegal power of the Awami League government

An election camp of Chattogram-11 constituency’s independent candidate Ziaul Haque Sumon was set on fire in the port city today

Police arrested a local Awami League leader, also a supporter of AL candidate Shamim Haque for the Faridpur-3, for allegedly attacking a supporter of independent candidate AK Azad in the district’s Sadar upazila

Thirty-six individuals were sentenced yesterday in two different cases involving police assault, obstructing government affairs, and vandalising cars

The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the Election Commission (EC) to hold the 12th parliamentary election on January 7

The High Court today cleared the way for Shahjahan Omar, the Jhalakathi-1 Awami League candidate who recently left the BNP, to contest the January 7 election.

The Election Commission today fined Awami League aspirant for Cumilla-6 AKM Bahauddin Bahar Tk 1 lakh, and Barguna-1 AL candidate Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu Tk 50,000 for violating the electoral code of conduct.

Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today pledged to make arrangements so that journalists do not face torture, intimidation, or false cases if her party is elected in the next general polls to be held on January 7

A Supreme Court full bench will hear on January 2 a petition filed by Gazipur-4 Awami League candidate Simeen Hussain Rimi seeking cancellation of its chamber judge’s order allowing independent candidate Alam Ahmed to contest the January 7 election.

The High Court today wanted to know the whereabouts of two BNP men in Bogura who went missing allegedly after being detained by law enforcers on December 14

A mobile court yesterday fined Awami League presidium member and the party's Faridpur-1 candidate Abdur Rahman for violating the electoral code of conduct

The Supreme Court today directed the Election Commission (EC) to allow candidates of two factions of Gonotantri Party, member of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance, to contest the January 7 parliamentary elections

Hasina unveils election manifesto

The AL is vying for a fourth straight term, having won the 2008, 2014 and 2018 elections.

The Election Commission filed a case against Chattogram-16 Awami League candidate Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury yesterday for assaulting a journalist and breaching the electoral code of conduct during the submission of his nomination papers on November 30.

Aiming to maintain overall peace and law and order in the country, Border Guard Bangladesh will be deployed across the country from December 29 ahead of the next parliamentary election alongside the Army, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan

Fazle Hossain Badsha, the Awami League led 14-party alliance candidate for Rajshahi-2 constituency, has not only failed to garner support of AL grassroots, but also other members of the alliance have forsaken him.

The 12th national election will witness the highest number of candidates with movable or liquid assets of Tk 1 crore or more, the Transparency International Bangladesh has found.

The Election Commission will brief the international observers and media on January 6, the day before the upcoming national polls.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday requested all voters to go to the polling centres early in the morning of January 7 and cast their ballots for “boat” to let her party serve them again.