Arun Bikash Dey

The culmination of campaigning for the upcoming 12th parliamentary polls in Chattogram has been marked by violence, particularly clashes between Awami League candidates and their independent counterparts.

Bangladesh Tariqat Federation chairman Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizbhandari announced his decision to quit the electoral race yesterday, three days before polls, which has raised eyebrows.

With the 12th parliamentary election knocking at the door, candidates in Chattogram-8 constituency (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) are busy campaigning till midnight every day

Every morning, Shuvechchha Ghosh, a resident of Chattogram city’s Askar Dighir Par area, wakes up being worried for her three-year-old son.

Sixty-year-old Md Ibrahim, a farmer in Dhalghat Camp area under Patiya upazila, witnessed almost all the national elections held in Bangladesh so far.

The Awami League high command has instructed leaders and activists to work for Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) chairman Syed Saifuddin Ahmed Maijbhandari in Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) constituency despite fielding a party candidate

Most BNP leaders and activists in Chattogram went into hiding to evade arrest or “police harassment” since the incidents of violence during the party’s rally on October 28.

Most BNP leaders and activists in Chattogram went into hiding to evade arrest or "police harassment" since the incidents of violence during the party's rally on October 28

A government official is contesting the upcoming national polls as an independent candidate from Chattogram-4 constituency, hiding his professional identity in the nomination papers.

Violence marred the first five days of election campaigns across different constituencies in Chattogram.

Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) constituency will witness a four-way contest in the upcoming elections. The Awami League candidate Khadizatul Anwar Sony, a

A spate of violence in the first five days of the election campaigning has left voters worried in Chattogram

The  Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency will get its fourth lawmaker in five years in the upcoming national polls.

With three independent candidates winning back their candidacy following appeals to the Election Commission, Awami League candidates are likely to face tough competition in three Chattogram constituencies in the upcoming polls.

Port city residents, cultural activists urge authorities

Fouzderhat-Bayezid Link Road, after being inaugurated on November 14, has become an important bypass road in Chattogram.

Awami League nominated candidate for Chattogram-11 (Bandar-Patenga) constituency MA Latif's annual income has fallen by about Tk 7.5 lakh in the past five years, but his movable property doubled during this time

Although BNP and its allies have boycotted the next parliamentary elections slated for January 7 next year, candidates nominated by Awami League in 16 constituencies of Chattogram will not go uncontested.

Many patients are being deprived of CT scan service at Chattogram Medical College Hospital for a month as the hospital’s lone CT scan machine has been out of order since October.

With the renovation works going on in full swing, Jatishangha Park located in Panchlaish Residential Area in the port city will be restored to its former glory soon.