An early boycott by the BNP knocked the air out of the city elections in Dhaka and Chittagong yesterday, pushing numerous voting irregularities into the background and making the results virtually irrelevant.

The announcement of polls boycott midway through voting, noticeable absence of polling agents and sloppiness since the time of picking candidates have raised questions whether the BNP was serious about the mayoral polls in Dhaka city.

Afroza Abbas, wife of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas for Dhaka South City Corporation, was unable to cast her vote as she

The ruling Awami League has nominated Maj Gen (retd) ATM Abdul Wahab as a candidate for Magura-1 by-election scheduled to be held on May 30.

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Gibson expresses his disappointment with the boycott by BNP endorsed candidates from the city corporation elections partway through voting.

BNP’s pull out from the mayoral race was preplanned, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif said.

With the withdrawal of all three BNP backed mayoral candidates from the Dhaka city north, south and Chittagong city corporation elections by noon, the national politics is back to square one.

All the three BNP-endorsed mayoral candidates for DNCC, DSCC and CCC boycott election alleging massive vote rigging by whom they identified as pro-ruling Awami League men.

Tabith Awal, BNP-based mayoral candidate for DNCC, submits written complaint to the presiding officer of Tejgaon College saying that his polling agents were barred from entering the polling centre.

An activist of Awami League was killed by criminals over previous enmity at Krishanagar village in Sadar upazila yesterday. The deceased

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A new High Court bench is assigned to dispose of bail petitions filed by Mirza Abbas, BNP-blessed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation polls, in two vandalism and arson cases.

Just three days before the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) polls, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday criticised the former

With elections to the country's three key city corporations only a couple of days away, the BNP is asking its prospective polling agents

With the deadline for campaigns expiring tomorrow, both Awami League and BNP camps in Chittagong are weighing their fears and

Police arrest a BNP-blessed councilor candidate from Hazaribagh in Dhaka.

BNP policymakers have decided not to ask party-endorsed runners in the city corporations polls to withdraw from the race even if BNP chief Khaleda Zia faced more attacks whilst campaigning for them.

Some Awami League leaders feared the recent attacks on the BNP chief's motorcade would impact negatively on the voters' likelihood to vote for the AL favourites in city polls.

BNP-blessed mayor aspirant M Manjur Alam of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) polls declared his 54-point manifesto yesterday, pledging to create a healthy and environment-friendly city by reducing waterlogging and ensuring food safety.

For being blessed by the party in power, AJM Nasir Uddin would get cordial cooperation from the government, if elected mayor, the