A total of 156 upazilas will go to polls today in the second phase of the upazila parishad elections amid concerns over a low voter turnout.

The Election Commission (EC) has postponed the Moulvibazar Sadar upazila election, which was scheduled for tomorrow

More than 57 percent candidates running in the second phase of the upazila polls are businesspeople, according to the affidavits they submitted to the Election Commission.

Shifting focus from its earlier position to keep relatives of its lawmakers from the upazila election, the ruling Awami League now seeks to minimise internal feuds centering on the polls and increase the voter turnout.

At least three people were injured early yesterday during separate clashes among the supporters of two vice-chairman candidates competing in tomorrow’s upazila elections in Tangail’s Bhuapur.

Businesspersons continue to dominate the list of candidates contesting the upazila parishad elections, as more than 57 percent of the total aspirants mentioned business as their profession in their affidavits submitted to the Election Commission

The High Court yesterday declared Mejbaul Haider Chowdhury Sohel as Feni's Chhagalnaiya Upazila chairman illegal, as he was declared elected uncontested in 2019 and has been holding the office without official gazette and taking oath.

The Election Commission has directed the home ministry to take action against Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police Md Moniruzzaman for participating in election activities on behalf of his younger brother

A complaint has been filed seeking cancellation of a chairman aspirant’s candidacy for contesting Sreepur upazila elections scheduled to be held on May 21

The Election Commission today scrapped the candidacy of Jamil Hasan, an chairman aspirant running for Sreepur upazila of Gazipur, for violating electoral code of conduct

The BNP has expelled five more of its grassroots leaders for participating in the second phase of upcoming upazila elections by violating the party's decision

One hundred and thirty candidates have withdrawn their candidacy from the third phase Upazila Parishad elections scheduled to be held on May 29, the Election Commission (EC) said today

Journalists in Munshiganj formed a human chain today demanding the arrest of a union parishad chairman, who is the prime accused in a case filed for allegedly attacking a journalist in Gazaria upazila of the district on May 8

Police arrested a defeated chairman candidate and his driver on the charge of beating a supporter of an elected chairman in Natore on Thursday night.

With his son’s victory in Wednesday’s upazila chairman polls in Subarnachar, local Awami League lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury have further consolidated his grip on politics, said party insiders.

At least 15 people were allegedly injured in post-poll violence in Noakhali’s Subarnachar upazila yesterday and the night before.

The first phase of the upazila parishad polls was an Awami League show, with most other political parties boycotting the election.

The first phase of upazila elections saw 36 percent voter turnout, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said this afternoon

The usual election-day fervour was missing in the first phase of the upazila parishad polls yesterday, as most of the voting centres across 139 upazilas wore a deserted look, and polling officials and law enforcers were passing idle time.

At least three people were injured in a clash between two chairman candidates in Jamalpur's Sadar during the first phase of upazila elections today