In the PR system, each party may be required to pay a certain amount of money as security fee against each of its nominated candidates.

The Election Commission has sent the gazette of the 12th national election to the Bangladesh Government Press, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said today

Joint forces early today detained a panel mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) on charge of intimidating voters in Sagarpara area of the city

Job creation, good governance that will ensure stability, are expected from the new govt, says a top business leader

You’ve already met the dummy candidates, aka independents. Now, meet dummy voters.

The ruling Awami League is desperately trying to showcase the polls as inclusive and competitive.

As the country is heading towards an exercise that the incumbent is calling an election, it is imperative that we understand what is in the making.

The BNP failed to reap anything effective from the huge public support that it was able to garner late last year.

Bereft of the basic rights to assemble and express, let alone protest, the people of Bangladesh are currently bearing the brunt of the coercive apparatuses of the state.

On November 22, Russian foreign ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova in her weekly briefing said information had come to light regarding a meeting between US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas and a high-ranking representative of the local opposition at the end of October.

Given the attitudes of Awami League and BNP as Bangladesh election draws closer, there is no reason for one to feel hopeful about having a peaceful and participatory election.

The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday held a rally in the capital’s Arambagh despite police’s announcement earlier that the Islamist party would not be allowed to organise any gathering.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called upon all opposition parties to take to the streets to force the Awami League government to quit and hold the next polls under a non-party government

The amendment of the Representation of the People Order (RPO) comes at a critical juncture when the demand for holding a free and fair election in Bangladesh is getting louder at home and abroad

Proposed curbing of EC’s power sends a wrong message at the wrong time

The country needs a genuine election in its true sense, not a sham exercise under the pretence of maximum participation.

The foreign diplomats appear to have become more active with the 12th parliamentary election less than a year away.

Bangladesh will miss the opportunity to hold a free and fair election if opposition parties do not participate in the polls, said Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan.

The US has urged Bangladesh government to create a safe environment for people to peacefully assemble and voice their concerns, and relatedly, for opposition parties to campaign without facing intimidation and repression.

Election Commission must investigate forced collection of "fair election" statements from Gaibandha presiding officers