Voting in the annual Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election is yet to begin as pro-BNP lawyers are staging a demonstration in the polling centre demanding formation of a fresh election conducting committee under an "acceptable" person.

The two-day annual election to the 14-member executive committee, including president and secretary posts, of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will begin tomorrow.

The Election Commission's Faridpur Regional Officer Mostofa Faruque was sent into forced retirement today, citing public interest

“If foreigners want to know (about election), we don't mind telling them about it as we do not do politics of killings or lies. We don't hide anything, so we have no objection and no hesitation to let the diplomats know about it,” the law minister said

Of the total voters, 6,04,45,724 are male and 5,87,04,879 are female

She submitted the nomination papers to EC Joint Secretary and Returning Officer Md Abdul Baten at the Election Commission office in Agargaon today.

As the next national election will be held under the Election Commission, police are ready to perform their duties as per the instructions given by the commission, Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said today.

The CEC said that if any major party does not participate in the national elections, the results will be questionable

Candidates can submit their nomination papers till March 27 and last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 5

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir today said the post of president of Bangladesh is not profitable. Therefore, there is no obstacle for Md Shahabuddin, a former commissioner of ACC, to become the country’s president..He made this comment while talking to reporters at his office at the elect

The presidential election will be held between 90 and 60 days before the president's five-year term expires

The Election Commission will purchase paper from the state-owned Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM) ahead of the upcoming national parliamentary election.

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir today said the Appellate Division recently ordered providing registration to the party.

Touting those elections as free and fair, Hasina, also the leader of the House, said Jatiya Party has won a seat in one of the by-polls

No one, including leaders of ruling Awami League and opposition BNP, has the right to ridicule Ashraful Hossen Alam, alias Hero Alom, who was a candidate in the recently held by-elections, said Transparency International Bangladesh.

The Election Commission on Tuesday will finalise its decision on whether it will use population data of the 2011 census or wait for the final report of the latest one to delimit parliamentary constituencies.

Ashraful Hossain Alam, widely known as Hero Alam, today applied for a vote recount of the Bogura-4 by-polls which he lost by 834 votes.

Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana yesterday rejected the vote-rigging allegations brought by Bogura-4 independent candidate Ashraful Hossain, alias Hero Alom, saying that those have no basis.

Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana today rejected the vote counting allegations brought by Bogura-4 independent candidate Ashraful Hossain, alias Hero Alom, saying those have no basis.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has ordered Bogura's district election commissioner and assistant returning officer Mahmud Hasan to look into the complaints of Bogura-4 by-election independent candidate Ashraful Hossain Alam, popularly known as Hero Alom.