The Election Commission has made major changes to the guidelines for selecting polling centres for the national elections, including a provision for involving the local administration and the police in the selection process.

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was shot dead during a clash between two groups of the party in Narsingdi town this afternoon.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the Awami League government will facilitate and extend all-out cooperation to the Election Commission to hold a neutral general election.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas today met the representatives of the major political parties and discussed the new US visa policy..Representatives of the Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Jatiya Party were present. ."We support free and fair elections. The new vi

Ignoring the BNP’s decision of boycotting the five city polls, some 25 grassroots party leaders, including six incumbent councillors, have filed nomination forms to run for councillor in the June 21 Sylhet city polls.

A Magura court has issued an arrest warrant against Rajshahi BNP Convenor Abu Sayeed Chand over a case filed today under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for allegedly making a death threat against Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina at a recent rally in Rajshahi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today alleged that BNP leaders and activists are being attacked and implicated in cases afresh due to the instigation by the ruling party

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said they would counter anyone who tries to obstruct the next general elections.

The time for electioneering in the Gazipur City Corporation election ended at midnight with very little campaigning done by candidates running for the mayor’s office.

At least 100 BNP activists and 10 police personnel were injured as they clashed during a road march programme of the party in the capital’s Science Lab area yesterday.

The BNP could not hold its road march in Rajshahi city today as police arrested BNP men overnight and creating a curfew-like situation, its leaders claimed

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has tested positive for Covid-19 again.

Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram-16 (Banshkhali) constituency Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury yesterday led a protest procession in Banshkhali upazila brandishing a firearm

If a person travels to Gazipur city, he or she may not realise that the election to the largest city in Bangladesh is on Thursday.

The Awami League and its front organisations held protests across the country yesterday demanding the arrest of BNP’s Rajshahi district unit Convenor Abu Sayeed Chand for issuing a “death threat” to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the ruling Awami League is trying to unleash violence in a planned way to suppress the ongoing anti-government movement.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged the government has decided to procure planes from Airbus for Biman Bangladesh Airlines with an aim to pocket the commission.

Rajshahi district BNP Convener Abu Sayeed Chand was sued under Anti-Terrorism Act in Rajshahi today for issuing "death threat" to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a public rally.

The absence of strong candidates running against ruling party contenders in the upcoming elections to the five city corporations raises concerns about the credibility and acceptability of the polls, said discussants at a programme yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said if BNP wants to foil the upcoming general elections, it will be resisted.