The Election Commission is going to hold the by-election to the Gaibandha-5 constituency today using electronic voting machines amid confusion among many voters about how to use the devices.

Taking a swipe at the government for frequent power outages across the country, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today (October 11, 2022) feared that the country was heading towards bankruptcy.

The government is going to give the job of issuing national identity (NID) cards to the home ministry, taking it away from the Election Commission which has been doing it since 2006.

At least 20 people, including four policemen, were injured during a clash between BNP men and police in Gazipur city this (October 10, 2022) afternoon.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has said the government may have to send BNP leader Khaleda Zia back to jail unless her party leaders stop dreaming about grabbing power.

Mass arrests and police raids of opposition party members’ homes raise serious concerns about violence and intimidation ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Bangladesh due next year, Human Rights Watch said today (October 10, 2022).

Law Minister Anisul Huq today (October 10, 2022) said there is no scope for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to contest the next parliamentary election under relevant laws as she has been convicted and sentenced in two separate corruption cases.

Seven leaders and activists, including the vice-president and joint general secretary of Jhenaidah district Chhatra League, have been suspended after three party men were killed in a road accident while trying to escape an attack by another faction on October 7, 2022.

Aftab Uddin, 50, former general secretary of Ward No 1 Awami League, was killed in a clash between two groups of Awami League over establishing supremacy in the area in Natore's Singra yesterday (October 9, 2022).

At least five people were injured in a factional clash between two groups of the local Awami League in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali today (October 9, 2022) over the hoisting of national and party flags at the tri-annual conference of Joyag Union unit Awami League in the upazila.

Amid allegations of bias, the Election Commission yesterday asked the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to perform their election duties impartially.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the constitution and electoral system don’t function as per whim of individuals as the electoral system has been set up following the practices of different democratic countries.

Stating that an unbearable situation has been prevailing in the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said ousting the current government is the only option to overcome misrule and protect the country and its people.

Subrato Sangma, former chairman of Kullagora Union Parishad in Durgapur upazila of Netrokona, who was injured in an attack by miscreants on September 30, died at a hospital today (October 8, 2022).

The BNP has said it will not hold talks with the ruling Awami League, but will sit with the opposition parties.

The BNP today said that it will not hold any talk with the ruling Awami League, rather talks will be held with other opposition parties.

In total contrast to the party chairman’s position on the use of electronic voting machines in the polls, Raushan Ershad yesterday said the Jatiya Party will certainly participate in the next general election even if it is held with EVMs in place.

Lawmaker Md Ayeen Uddin of Rajshahi-3 (Paba-Mohonpur) constituency and his men have allegedly attacked supporters of an Awami League rebel candidate of Rajshahi Zilla Parishad election, to be held on October 17.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party will soon present a formula for a non-partisan polls-time caretaker government in the light of the repealed 13th amendment to the constitution.

Terming BNP’s politics “hopeless” and “unfruitful”, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday compared their (BNP) politics to a pillar without having power supply.