A war crimes tribunal orders Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury to stand on dock for an hour for criticising punishment of Bangladesh-based UK journalist David Bergman.

Locals, relatives and fellow students took out a procession in the town yesterday, demanding immediate arrest and punishment of

Nizam ul Azim, councillor of Ward No-21, was given the post of acting mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation on Tuesday following an order

Awami League nominated candidate Maj Gen (retd) ATM Abdul Wahab won the Magura-1 by-election held yesterday.

The by-election to Magura-1 constituency comprising of Sreepur and a part of the Sadar upazila will be held today.

Eight defeated councillor candidates in the April 28 Chittagong City Corporation elections have filed eight cases in the last three days till yesterday, seeking re-voting in their wards.

The Election Commission must be reconstituted as the incumbent has failed to prove its credibility in past several elections including

A circus elephant tramples three people to death and damages several houses at three villages in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat.

The High Court yesterday stayed for three months the Bangladesh Bar Council election, which was scheduled to be held on May 27.

Citing that ruling Awami League men resorted to “massive” vote-rigging during April 28 city corporation elections, TIB says the elections were not held in free, fair and impartial manner.

Presiding officers noticed no assaults on journalists on the Dhaka city corporation polls day, although such incidents at 30 centres were reported by different media outlets.

The recently held city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong went well because nobody was killed on the occasion, opposition leader Raushan Ershad commented yesterday, while talking to journalists on recent issues at the Jatiya Sangsad Media Centre.

Two separate writ petitions were filed with the High Court yesterday seeking stay on election to Bangladesh Bar Council, the highest body for regulating the country's lawyers, scheduled to be held on May 27.

The election to Bangladesh Bar Council has been deferred for a week due to anomalies in its voter list.

Re-election for the post of general councillors will be again held today from 8:00am to 4:00pm at three polling stations in three wards

A 20-year-old university student standing for the Scottish National Party defeated a Labour Party grandee in Britain's national election to become the youngest member of the British parliament in 350 years.

The election to Bangladesh Bar Council, the licencing and regulatory body for lawyers, will be held on May 20.

Poll result sheets of the Election Commission say each of at least six polling stations witnessed over 90 percent of its votes being cast in the recently held Dhaka south and north city corporation elections, eliciting astonishment from experts.

BNP-backed mayoral contestant for Dhaka North City Corporation Tabith Awal says it has been proved once again that a free, fair and acceptable election is not possible under the present Election Commission.

Writ petition is filed with High Court seeking directives on Election Commission and government to form judicial inquiry commission for investigation into "irregularities" during city polls.