The number of candidates who have identified themselves as businessmen in the Upazila polls has increased, said a report released today by Transparency International Bangladesh

The candidate, Jasim Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Jasika Group, is vying for the chairman post of Chandanaish Upazila Parishad

Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam today said the EC will decide on whether to cancel the third phase of the upazila polls slated for May 29 after evaluating the impact of Cyclone Remal

Police have detained two people in connection with the killing of a vice-chairman candidate in the Raipura upazila parishad polls in Narsingdi.

The Election Commission today cancelled the candidacy of an upazila chairman candidate for Pirojpur’s Mathbaria upazila parishad election for violating the electoral code of conduct

The Election Commission today postponed Narsingdi’s Raipura upazila Parishad elections, slated for May 29, over the murder of an upazila vice-chairman candidate during yesterday’s clash between the supporters of two vice-chairman aspirants

The overall voter turnout in Tuesday’s second phase of the upazila polls was 37.57 percent, the second lowest since 2009, according to Election Commission data.

At least five people sustained injuries after post-polls attacks allegedly by the supporters of a rival group in Satkhira's Ashashuni upazila last night and this morning

Police arrested a presiding officer and an assistant presiding officer in a case filed for allegedly assisting outsiders to case votes illegally at a polling centre in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar during yesterday’s second phase upazila parishad elections

An upazila vice-chairman candidate was killed and seven others were allegedly injured in separate two clashes between the supporters of two vice-chairman aspirants in Narsingdi’s Raipura upazila today

Sirajul Islam Khan Raju, father of Bogura-3 lawmaker, has been elected chairman of Adamdighi upazila yesterday

The second phase of the upazila elections also saw a low turnout yesterday like in the first phase.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has estimated that over 30 percent of votes were cast in the second phase of the upazila parishad elections

A mobile court sentenced fined two youths for casting fake votes in a polling centre during Rangpur’s Mithapukur upazila parishad elections today

At least seven people were injured clash between supporters of two chairman candidates for Rajshahi's Durgapur upazila in a polling centre during the second phase of upazila parishad elections today

The average voter turnout was around 17 percent during the first four hours of the second phase of the upazila parishad elections, Election Commission (EC) Secretary Jahangir Alam said this afternoon.

A mobile court sentenced a supporter of Jamil Hasan Durjoy, a chairman candidate of Gazipur's Sreepur upazila parishad election, to three days' imprisonment for violating electoral code of conduct this morning

Polling agents are being intimidated and beaten up by rivals in two upazilas of Narayanganj as upazila election is underway across the country today, two chairman candidates alleged

The second phase of the sixth upazila parishad election is underway in 156 upazilas across the country

The government is set to create a new law determining the salaries of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (ECs)