AL leaders can be independent candidates if they want: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the party leaders can contest in the forthcoming 12th general elections as independent candidates if they want to do so
27 November 2023, 13:36 PM

Full list of Jatiya Party candidates for 2024 national polls

Jatiya Party announced its candidates for 289 constituencies for the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections this afternoon
27 November 2023, 12:45 PM

JP announces list of candidates for 2024 national polls

Jatiya Party announced its candidates for 289 constituencies for the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections this afternoon
27 November 2023, 12:32 PM

Still hopeful of BNP joining polls: EC Rashida

Election Commissioner Begum Rashida Sultana today expressed hope that the BNP will join the upcoming general election
27 November 2023, 12:03 PM

No bar to fielding dummy candidates as per AL chief's guideline: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the permission for party leaders to run as independent candidates in the upcoming national election was a "strategic decision"
27 November 2023, 07:32 AM

Fair, credible polls important for economy, future: CEC

Unfortunate that some foreign countries are exerting pressure on Bangladesh centring polls, he says
27 November 2023, 05:54 AM

Polls schedule may be recast if BNP joins

If the BNP decides to participate, the polls schedule can be recast, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said yesterday.
26 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Voting to take place in ‘daylight’

Election Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman yesterday said the upcoming 12th general election will be fair, and there’s no chance for the voting to take place in the dark of the night; instead, they will be held in broad daylight as they’re supposed to be.
26 November 2023, 18:00 PM

AL nominates 9 new faces in Dhaka

The ruling Awami League has introduced new candidates for nine out of 20 constituencies in Dhaka for the 12th national election.
26 November 2023, 15:07 PM

AL nominates 24 women candidates for national polls

The party's President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury are among the 24 women candidates
26 November 2023, 14:41 PM

Panchagarh-1: AL men demand cancellation of Mukta's nomination

Soon after the announcement of Awami League nomination to Naimuzzaman Mukta for Panchagarh-1 constituency, local party men protested his nomination blocking roads in the district.
26 November 2023, 14:35 PM

AL picks former EC secretary Sadique for Sunamganj-4

The Awami League has nominated Muhammed Sadique, former secretary of Election Commission, for the Sunamganj-4 constituency for the upcoming 12th parliamentary election.
26 November 2023, 13:46 PM

National polls Kishoreganj-2: Ex-IGP out, ex-additional DIG in

Abdul Kahar Akand, former additional deputy inspector general of police, has been given Awami League nomination for Kishoreganj-2 constituency for the 2024 national election
26 November 2023, 13:26 PM

BGB, BSF to beef up vigilance along border ahead of polls

Bangladesh and India have agreed to strengthen vigilance along the common border to halt cross border movement of materials that might be used to stage any activities of sabotage during or ahead of the next national elections in Bangladesh.
26 November 2023, 13:08 PM

We'll reschedule polls if BNP joins: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal today said the national election would be rescheduled if BNP joins the polls.
26 November 2023, 12:08 PM

Muktijote urges EC to defer deadline of nomination paper submission

Bangladesh Sangskritik Muktijote urged the Election Commission to extend the deadline for submission of nomination papers or upcoming national polls by seven days
26 November 2023, 11:58 AM

AL candidates for 2024 polls: 71 incumbent MPs dropped

A total of 69 incumbent lawmakers did not get the ruling Awami League's nomination for the 2024 national election.
26 November 2023, 11:36 AM

Full list of Awami League candidates for 2024 polls

The ruling Awami League named its candidates for the 2024 national election today
26 November 2023, 11:30 AM

AL announces list of candidates for 2024 national polls

The party did not mention its candidates for Kushtia-2 and Narayanganj-5
26 November 2023, 10:25 AM

Manna appears on political scene, ends speculation on absence

Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna appeared in a political programme today, ending speculation about his absence from the political scene
26 November 2023, 08:42 AM