The Election Commission (EC) has started printing some 22 crore ballot papers required for the upcoming six-phase Union Parishad

The Election Commission has initially decided not to deploy members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in the

Claiming that the upcoming elections to union parishads (UP) will be farcical and not credible “as experienced in ones held recently”, BNP yesterday announced that it would be contesting it, prioritising grassroots leaders' suggestions on probable candidates, as it was an election-oriented party.

Election to 752 union parishads, the first phase of the root level elections throughout the country, will be held on March 22 in a partisan manner.

Elections to ten municipalities of nine districts will be held on March 20, the Election Commission announced today.

The High Court upholds the Election Commission's decision that had cancelled the candidacy of Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique for Tangail-4 by-polls.

The Election Commission says more than 44.32 lakh new voters have been registered in the electoral roll across the country last year.

A pro-Awami League (AL) panel bagged eight posts, including that of the president and secretary, while a BNP-

Law Minster Anisul Huq yesterday told the parliament that last year's municipal elections were held in a free, fair and festive way.

High Court questions legality of municipal electoral code that restricted parliament members to run election campaign for their party candidates in local polls.

It is no secret that the UK had concerns over the January 5, 2014 general elections because a majority of the people was deprived of exercising their franchise, said the newly appointed first female British high commissioner to Bangladesh yesterday.

The recent municipality polls cannot be termed fair and impartial because they fell short of the standards of credible elections, civil society organisation SHUJAN said yesterday, based on its observation of the entire electoral process including voting.

The recent municipality polls are not free and fair as it did not fulfill the criteria required for a credible election, Sushasoner Jonno Nagarik says.

The Election Commission is going to allow upazila parishad chairmen to participate in election campaigns in the upcoming union parishad elections.

Independent chairman candidates will not require voters' signatures to be able to contest the upcoming Union Parishad election, which is

Elections to around 600 union parishads (UPs) will be held at the end of March under political banners and schedule for the polls will be declared in mid-February.

Re-election in four polling centres of Saidpur municipality under the district today will decide the final result of the mayoral contest in the municipality with 32 centres.

Voting will again be held today amid tight security at 51 polling stations of 20 municipalities in the country.

Re-election at 10 suspended centres under Chowmuhani municipality of the district will be held on January 12.

Election to Singair municipality of the district will be held today. As many as 20,014 voters will exercise their right to elect a mayor, eight councillors and three women councillors (reserved).