The 12 remote polling stations include one in Rowangchhari upazila, three in Ruma upazila, seven in Thanchi upazila and one in Alikadam upazila.

Announces 28-point polls manifesto

According to the polls conduct, a candidate needs to inform the RO 24 hours before holding a rally, but most of the candidates were not doing so, he says

Awami League candidate for Sylhet-1 constituency Dr AK Abdul Momen today said AL candidates will win all the seats in Sylhet in the upcoming 12th Parliamentary Election

Hasina explains why AL opened the electoral contest to the party's aspirants who failed to get the party's tickets this time

Rangpur unit BNP called a daylong hartal in the city tomorrow

The Election Commission has decided to withdraw the officers-in-charge (OCs) of Shailkupa and Harinakundu police stations of Jhenaidah district over negligence in duty

There is no apparent risk of the Awami League (AL) losing power in the upcoming national elections, said Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader

BNP leaders and activists today distributed anti-election leaflets among people at Barmi Bazar in Gazipur's Sreepur in support of its non-cooperation movement

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today started electioneering offering prayers at the shrine of saint Maulana Keramat Ali Zainpuri in Rangpur

"Trust the system. If anyone of you create any kind of disturbance at a centre … if there is a single case of vote rigging, I will suspend voting in that centre immediately" Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal told candidates in Barishal

The election inquiry committee has issued a show cause notice to Awami League candidate Golam Faruk Khandaker Prince -- the current lawmaker of Pabna-5 constituency -- over allegation of violating the electoral code of conduct

From 3:00pm today, the AL president will connect virtually to the rallies from Dhaka district AL office at Tejgaon

Terming her as a migratory bird and criticising her acting background, a top Awami League leader of Rajshahi has suggested actress Mahiya Mahi, an independent candidate for Rajshahi-1, to quit politics and concentrate on her acting career

“Scissors”, not “boat”, is the election symbol of the Rajshahi city unit of Awami League for the Rajshahi-2 constituency in the upcoming national elections, the city unit AL president Mohammad Ali Kamal said

The BNP and like-minded political parties yesterday continued distributing leaflets among the people to mobilise public opinion in favour of boycotting the January 7 polls and their non-cooperation movement.

Members of BGB, coast guard and Rab will remain deployed for 13 days from December 29 to assist the civil administration during the parliamentary polls, the home ministry said yesterday.

Election enquiry committees have served show-cause notices on two candidates in Cumilla and Savar, and an Awami League leader in Lalmonirhat for breaching the electoral code of conduct.

A total of 22,000 local observers from 96 registered organisations have applied to monitor the January 7 national polls, according to the Election Commission.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday urged all field-level administration officials to remain vigilant to ensure a free and fair 12th parliamentary election on January 7.