In a major development, the interim government yesterday formed a six-member search committee led by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, to constitute a new Election Commission.

The Election Commission should be formed based on political consensus, involving all political parties, media, and civil society members, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

There is no legal bar for Ganasamhati Andolon to get registered as a political party, said the party’s lawyer Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua today

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said his party is optimistic that the interim government led by Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus will hold an election by restoring stability soon in the country.

The secretary general of BNP urges interim govt to promptly sit with political parties to prevent "misunderstanding"

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Ashraf-Ul-Alam, special correspondent of daily Ajker Patrika, and Moneruzzaman Mission, senior reporter of daily New Age, have been elected president and general secretary of the Law Reporters Forum (LRF) respectively for 2024-2025

Sunamganj’s Madhyanagar Upazila Parishad Chairman Abdur Razzak Bhuiyan and 19 other people have been sued over the post-polls violence that left seven people injured on June 7

The conference room was vandalised during the clash in presence of election officers and police, say witnesses

A local journalist was allegedly assaulted by a defeated upazila vice-chairman candidate and her supporters in Bakshiganj upazila, Jamalpur early yesterday.

Development, and Co-operatives Minister Tazul Islam yesterday said there is no need to amend the law to hold elections for upazila parishads and other local government bodies without party symbols.

A man, who was injured in a post-election clash between supporters of two chairman candidates for Jashore’s Sadar upazila Parishad election yesterday, died at a hospital in Dhaka today

The fourth and last phase of upazila parishad elections was held by and large peacefully yesterday and the turnout was low like the previous phases.

An activist of Chhatra League was shot dead allegedly by his rival group in Brahmanbaria town today, following an enmity over establishing dominance in the area

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal today said 33.34 percent votes were cast in the 4th phase upazila parishad polls

The fourth phase of the upazila parishad elections is underway in 57 upazilas across the country

A total of 175 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order during the 4th phase of the 6th upazila parishad election to be held tomorrow

The hostility among the political parties is quite evident and it is very difficult to move forward, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal today

The Election Commission yesterday summoned State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mohibbur Rahman, saying he violated the electoral code of conduct by campaigning for multiple upazila polls candidates in Patuakhali’s Rangabali.

The Election Commission today summoned State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mohibbur Rahman for allegedly campaigning for upazila polls candidates which it says violated the electoral code of conduct