Former BSMMU VC Pran Gopal Datta is set to be announced the MP from Cumilla-7 by polls as the contenders have withdrawn from the race.

The ruling Awami League has warned its dissidents that the rebel candidates in different elections will not get any post in the party.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda left Dhaka this morning for Russia to observe the Federal Assembly elections to the State Duma (lower house of the Federal Assembly).

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the next general election in the country must be held under a neutral government.

Awami League has nominated Dr Pran Gopal Datta, former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), to contest the Comilla-7 by-election.

The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency was marked by a very low turnout of voters yesterday.

Awami League candidate Habibur Rahman Habib has won the Sylhet-3 by-election held today.

The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency began this morning.

Election Commission (EC) is planning on collecting information of students from their educational institutes to provide them with National Identity (NID) cards.

The Election Commission (EC) is going to hold more than 4,100 elections by December. Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayoral election, and all district council and union parishad (UP) polls are to be held in this period.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold by-polls to Sylhet-3 constituency on September 4.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the Election Commission to resume the process for holding by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency.

The High Court today cleared the way for the Election Commission (EC) to resume the process for holding by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency.

The High Court yesterday stayed till August 5 the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday, due to the ongoing “strict lockdown”.

The High Court today stayed the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, scheduled for July 28, till August 5 -- due to the ongoing “strict lockdown”.

Five Supreme Court lawyers yesterday served a legal notice on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda, requesting him to postpone the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency scheduled to be held on July 28, due to the ongoing pandemic.

Five Supreme Court lawyers today served a legal notice to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda, to postpone the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency scheduled to be held on July 28, due to the ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, scheduled to be held on July 28, will not be postponed due to constitutional and legal obligations, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday.

By-polls to Sylhet-3 constituency, which is scheduled to be held on July 28, will not be postponed due to the ongoing “strict lockdown”, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said today.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Bangladesh crossed 14,000 yesterday as health authorities reported 77 fresh deaths.