The government has extended the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence for another six months.

The government has extended the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail sentence for another six months.

The Election Commission should refrain from using electronic voting machines in polls unless there is consensus regarding the use of the technology, eminent citizens said yesterday.

BNP’s Sylhet district unit council was scheduled on March 21. However, the council got postponed on the central unit’s order just the day before.

The Election Commission is all set to host its second round of talks this morning.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today said not only BNP, but there is also another group who thinks that they are very wise.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that journalists and the media in Bangladesh are no longer independent as the government has been formulating different laws and policies to control them.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that former president Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed will remain unparallelled in the history of Bangladesh’s democracy for holding a fair election in 1991.

With the national election in mind, BNP has intensified its efforts to complete the district councils as soon as possible and beef up the party’s organisational strength.

On previous conditions, the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence can be extended by six more months, opined the Law Minister Anisul Huq  yesterday.

The law ministry today gave its opinion for further extending the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence for six more months.

Like the previous two elections, the ruling Awami League will contest the national election next year under the 14-party alliance.

BNP, if invited, will not join the ongoing dialogue on finalising the roadmap for the next general election as top party leaders believe the incumbent Election Commission cannot hold a free and fair election without a polls-time neutral government.

The Election Commission is going to hold the second round of dialogue with 40 eminent citizens on March 22.

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT adviser today said Khaleda Zia and her family's unbridled corruption began when the BNP-Jamaat alliance came to power in 2001.

Building consensus among political parties, bringing back people’s trust in the Election Commission and reforming the electronic voting machine system are among the vital measures needed for free and fair elections, academics said yesterday.

Many important election promises, which the ruling Awami League made before the 2018 elections, remain unfulfilled, at a time when the party is nearing the end of its tenure, speakers said in a dialogue in Rajshahi yesterday.

Two factions of Gonoforum today engaged in a clash at the Jatiya Press Club leaving several leaders and activists of the party injured.

The Election Commission is all set to begin a series of talks with cross-section citizens from tomorrow.

The prices of essential commodities have increased not only in Bangladesh but also in other countries due to the ongoing global situation, said LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam yesterday.