The by-elections to Brahmanbaria-2 and Lakshmipur-3 constituencies will be held on November 5, Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam said today.

US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller yesterday said his country does not want to influence the outcome of the election in Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that no mercy will be shown to those who will engage in arson, terrorism, and atrocities in the run-up to the next national election

Foreign countries raised concerns over Bangladesh’s upcoming national election due to their geopolitical and trade interests, political analysts, and governance experts said in a webinar today..However, this premise was created from distrust among the country’s political parties, they said

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir today said a “constitutional gap” will be created if the next general election is not held by January 29

The Election Commission today issued guidelines for international observers with a provision that individuals or organisations functioning as observers should have a working experience of "good governance, elections, democracy, peace building and human rights".

The Election Commission today took a U-turn and decided to allow journalists to use motorcycles while covering elections

Observation by local and foreign observers may help add credence to the status of fairness of election and make them credible at home and abroad, the chief election commissioner (CEC) said in a letter to the EU.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said the holding of free and fair elections does not depend on whether foreign observers come or not

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud today asserted that the upcoming general election will be free and fair regardless of whether foreign observers come or not.

The United States-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) will independently and impartially conduct a joint pre-election assessment mission in Bangladesh in accordance with the NDI's Declaration of Principles for International Observers

The European Union will not send a full-fledged election observation mission to observe the upcoming Bangladesh national election due to budget constraints, Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam said

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal today said the commission does not want any deputy commissioner to work in a biased manner

PM tells parliament

The next general election will have to be free, fair and at the same time participatory and competitive so that people in the country and elsewhere find it credible, eminent citizens told a discussion yesterday.

The country’s political parties need to hold dialogue to find a solution for an inclusive and participatory next parliamentary election, speakers said at a roundtable today

Hundreds of articles praising Bangladeshi government policies apparently by independent experts have appeared in national and international media but the authors have questionable credentials, fake photos, and may not even exist, an AFP investigation has found

The High Court today declared legal the Election Commission's decision demarcating the constituencies of Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim and former minister Anwar Hossain Manju in Pirojpur

The exact date of polling is yet to be determined, he added while addressing the inauguration ceremony of training for election officials

The Election Commission Secretariat yesterday finalised in principle the draft of the new guidelines for foreign election observers and journalists.