A union parishad member in Brahmanbaria has instructed his men to carry firearms to the polling centres on the day of the upcoming Upazila Parishad Elections

The High Court today stayed for 21 days the process for holding by-election to Jhenaidah-1 constituency, which was scheduled to be held on June 5

The number of candidates in the first phase of upazila election with moveable or liquid assets of at least Tk 1 crore each has more than doubled in five years, found Transparency International Bangladesh in a recent report

The nomination of Shahadat Hossain, younger brother of Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, has been cancelled for hiding that he has four cases, including a criminal one, filed against him.

In a letter, EC urges Speaker to issue instructions

The nominations of Shahadat Hossain, younger brother of Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, and three others for the upcoming upazila parishad elections in Noakhali were canceled as they concealed information in the affidavit

The upazila election has exposed how neither of the two major parties, the Awami League and BNP, has full control over the grassroots leaders.

An upazila chairman candidate in Sirajganj has been issued a show cause notice following an allegation against him of attacking one of his rivals.

Upazila chairman candidate Shahana Ferdousi Sima was beaten up allegedly by the supporters of one of her rivals in Lalmonirhat early today

An aspirant for the chairman post in the upcoming upazila parishad elections in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali was issued a show-cause notice yesterday for violating polls code of conduct.

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir yesterday said presiding officers of polling centres in the upcoming upazila elections will be changed if any candidate makes allegations about their neutrality.

At least 10 people, including four police personnel, were injured when supporters of two upazila chairman candidates clashed in Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila yesterday evening.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked ministers and AL MPs not to exert their influence during the upcoming Upazila parishad elections.

A total of 1,588 aspirants submitted nomination papers to contest in the third phase of upazila elections slated for May 29

Awami League’s move to keep relatives of its lawmakers from participating in the upazila parishad election is falling flat in the second phase of the polls as well.

The government is going to deploy a large number of law enforcers at each polling station for the upcoming upazila elections, to be held in phases from May 8.

A mobile court yesterday imposed a Tk 40,000 fine on Jamil Hasan Durjoy, a chairman candidate for Sreepur upazila parishad polls and Gazipur district Awami League joint general secretary, for violating electoral code

Detectives yesterday arrested two local Awami League leaders in Jamalpur over allegations of threatening agents of their rival candidate in the upcoming upazila parishad elections.

The BNP has expelled 73 leaders and activists for contesting the May 8 upazila polls defying the party’s decision.

Field-level admin and police officials yesterday said lawmakers and ministers trying to influence upazila polls in their respective localities might pose a serious challenge for the Election Commission.