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
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.
Law Minister Anisul Huq today assured the international community that there would be a "free, fair and peaceful" election in Bangladesh and hoped that people of Bangladesh will vote for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina again
Arshad Adnan Rony, son of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, has expressed his interest in contesting the next parliamentary election from Pabna-5 constituency.