Dhaka city coporations polls

Opinion: City election and things we have lost

"It could have been an election in which people could merrily walk to the polling centres and pick their mayors. It could have been a return to true democracy. We could have run pictures of winners and losers embracing each other,the winners saying they want support of the losers and the losers promising their best for a better city."

Annisul, Khokon win Dhaka city polls

Awami League-backed candidates Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon are unofficially declared the mayors of Dhaka North and Dhaka South city corporations.

EXCLUSIVE: Vote rigging at Kamalapur (video)

Supporters of Awami League-backed mayoral and councilor candidates stuffed ballot boxes indiscriminately driving out poling agents of BNP-backed candidates from a polling booth at Kamalapur Sher-e Bangla Railway High School Centre-1 today.

Youths beat up 2 polling agents

Two polling agents are beaten by unruly youths and police as they protested against vote rigging allegedly by Awami League candidates.

City polls: BGB deployment tonight

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be deployed in Dhaka and Chittagong tonight today ahead of April 28 city polls.

Mirza Abbas pledges livable Dhaka

Wife of BNP-blessed mayor for Dhaka south city Mirza Abbas unveils his manifesto with a slogan to build a livable Dhaka city.

Stop recruitment ahead of Dhaka city polls, BNP tells govt

BNP demands that the government should stop all recruitment, allocation of shops and development projects in the two city corporation areas of Dhaka before the April 28 polls.

Annisul promises CCTV surveillance

Condemning sexual assaults on women by rowdy men during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on Dhaka University campus, Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Annisul Huq says he has a plan to bring the entire city under CCTV surveillance if he is elected.

April 29, 2015
April 29, 2015

Opinion: City election and things we have lost

"It could have been an election in which people could merrily walk to the polling centres and pick their mayors. It could have been a return to true democracy. We could have run pictures of winners and losers embracing each other,the winners saying they want support of the losers and the losers promising their best for a better city."

April 29, 2015
April 29, 2015

Annisul, Khokon win Dhaka city polls

Awami League-backed candidates Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon are unofficially declared the mayors of Dhaka North and Dhaka South city corporations.

April 28, 2015
April 28, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: Vote rigging at Kamalapur (video)

Supporters of Awami League-backed mayoral and councilor candidates stuffed ballot boxes indiscriminately driving out poling agents of BNP-backed candidates from a polling booth at Kamalapur Sher-e Bangla Railway High School Centre-1 today.

April 28, 2015
April 28, 2015

Youths beat up 2 polling agents

Two polling agents are beaten by unruly youths and police as they protested against vote rigging allegedly by Awami League candidates.

April 25, 2015
April 25, 2015

City polls: BGB deployment tonight

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be deployed in Dhaka and Chittagong tonight today ahead of April 28 city polls.

April 20, 2015
April 20, 2015

Mirza Abbas pledges livable Dhaka

Wife of BNP-blessed mayor for Dhaka south city Mirza Abbas unveils his manifesto with a slogan to build a livable Dhaka city.

April 19, 2015
April 19, 2015

Stop recruitment ahead of Dhaka city polls, BNP tells govt

BNP demands that the government should stop all recruitment, allocation of shops and development projects in the two city corporation areas of Dhaka before the April 28 polls.

April 18, 2015
April 18, 2015

Annisul promises CCTV surveillance

Condemning sexual assaults on women by rowdy men during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on Dhaka University campus, Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Annisul Huq says he has a plan to bring the entire city under CCTV surveillance if he is elected.

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