





One held over journo attack on DCC polls day
A man has been detained in connection with an attack on Mostafizur Rahman Sumon, a crime reporter at online news portal Agami News, on the day of the Dhaka City Corporation elections on Saturday.
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Lack of opposition presence at centres made polls questionable: Mahbub Talukder
The lack of representation of opposition parties at voting centres has made the election...

Recycling a nuisance: turning election posters into notebooks
Amid concerns over the massive amount of laminated election posters causing serious environmental...

Freedom of media shrinking: Article 19
Rights group Article 19 expresses grave concerns over attacks on journalists during Saturday’s...

Hasan Mahmud states 3 reasons behind low voter turnout
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says longer public holidays, BNP’s publicity against electronic...

Momen thanks foreign missions for excluding local staffers from polls observer teams
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has thanked the foreign diplomatic missions in Dhaka for not...

Hartal makes little impact on city life
The dawn to dusk hartal enforced by BNP in Dhaka city, protesting “widespread irregularities” in...

AL mayoral candidates win both DNCC, DSCC polls
Awami League mayoral candidates were unofficially declared elected in the Dhaka North City...

Taposh takes South
A flood of votes ensures that the boat continues to sail on high tide as Awami League candidate...

Awami League to resist BNP’s hartal: Hanif
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says the ruling party would resist...

‘Julian Bhai’ votes for the first time as a Bangladeshi
Fondly known as ‘Julian Bhai’ to his Bangladeshi friends, Francis joined a project of Oxfam in...

Voter turnout less than 30 percent: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says the elections to the Dhaka north and south city...

EC has failed to hold a participatory election: CPB
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) says the Election Commission and the government have failed...

EVM dilemma: the case of undetectable fingerprints
Mohammad Abu Taher, 73, had to wait for 15 minutes just for the electronic voting machine (EVM)...

BNP submits written complaint to EC over polls irregularities
BNP submits a written complaint to the Election Commission over irregularities centring the...

Instant reaction: Who ensures congenial polls atmosphere?
But isn’t it the responsibility of the Election Commission to create a congenial atmosphere for...

33 complaints lodged with EC so far
At least thirty-three complaints on election-time irregularities have been lodged with the...

No polling agents needed in EVM-only election: Nanak
Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak says there is no need for polling agents...

An Analysis of the Dhaka City Corporation Elections
Voting began at 8:00am and ended at 4:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a second...

Did I cast my vote? Does it matter?
Inside the centre, eager polling agents were waiting to help people find the room to vote. They...

Attacks on journalists covering city polls
Mostafizur Rahman Sumon, a crime reporter of online news portal Agami News, has been attacked...

Attacks on journalists covering city polls
Mostafizur Rahman Sumon, a crime reporter of online news portal Agami News, has been attacked while...

Alal claims he narrowly escaped crude bomb attack
Moazzem Hossain Alal, chief election agent of BNP’s Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) candidate...

Gano Front mayoral candidate alleges vote rigging, boycotts polls
Gano Front mayor candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation Abdus Samad Sujan boycott the elections...

Crude bombs used to spread fear among voters: CPB candidate
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Ahmad...

‘Queues formed at 2 polling centres to show high voter turnout’
Our reporters stationed at different polling centres across the city have found instances of “...

An Analysis of the Dhaka City Corporation Elections
Voting began at 8:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a quick analysis of what happened...

EVM-only city polls: CEC’s fingerprint didn’t match
The Chief Election Commissioner’s fingerprint did not match with the server information when he...

Voter presence not satisfactory: Dr Kamal
Gonoforum President and Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain is not satisfied with the...

Voters at 2 centres claim AL polling agents cast their votes
Some female voters alleged that their votes were cast by polling agents of Awami League (AL) backed...

A voter left perplexed at Rajabazar
Kalpana Palma, a resident of Rajabazar, come to cast her vote at the Rotary Primary School voting...

Polling agents should have the strength to persist: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said polling agents should have the strength to stay put...

1 beaten up at DU after ‘voting for BNP symbol’
A group of men beat up a voter for apparently casting his vote for “sheaf of paddy”, the BNP symbol...

It’s a beautiful day: US envoy
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller visits two polling centres in Dhaka today -- Rampura...

14 complaints received, resolved instantly: DNCC returning officer
Returning Officer of Dhaka North City Corporation Abul Quasem has said he received 14 complaints of...

Journos barred at polling booths in 2 DNCC centres
Journalists have not been allowed to enter booths in several polling stations under Dhaka North...