City polls
The EC can't ignore low voter turnout
Absence of main opposition remains the biggest challenge
Lead-up to the elections just got interesting
Although this new US visa policy is proving expedient, it would not be wise to believe that the country is intent on fostering democracy in Bangladesh.
Draft RPA (amendment) 2023 / Setting rules of the game without parties’ consent may prove unwise
It is quite intriguing how the RPA amendment can be so accommodating to defaulters who are desperate to gain political power.
Trouble brewing in AL’s backyard
It appears, then, that the Awami League’s bold rhetoric of development and prosperity, transparency and good governance, and fostering democracy is rendered hollow by its own partymen – unwittingly or not.
BNP has lost its momentum
Just as BNP was about to come up with fresh programmes, Ramadan arrived, rendering all politics to the confines of the iftar table.
BNP goes for all-out boycott of five city polls
The BNP will go tough on its leaders and activists who will run for councillor in the city polls and those who will patronise them.
Attack on journalist on city polls day: accused remanded
Sumon, a crime reporter at Agami News, was attacked while taking photos of a gathering of Awami League activists in Rayerbazar area on Dhaka city corporation election day.
Editorial / Three city polls replicate the previous two
While we are happy that the three city mayoral elections have come to an end with little violence, they were, as we had feared, simply the iteration of the Khulna and Gazipur polls. They bear nearly all the hallmarks—from ballot stuffing to expelling election agents—of a heavily manipulated election.
AL upbeat, BNP apprehensive
Voting in Barisal, Sylhet and Rajshahi city corporations begins this morning with all the mayoral candidates except for the ones from the Awami League casting doubt about fair polls amid arrests and harassment of their supporters.
Boycott deflates city polls
Just four hours into the start of voting, BNP’s boycott over irregularities, vote rigging and intimidation of BNP-backed candidates and their workers made the city corporation elections irrelevant.
Vote rigging fest at Dhaka College (video)
Presiding officer looks helpless as BCL men enter all the six polling booths of Dhaka College polling centre and stuff ballot boxes at their will.
Opinion: What BNP withdrawal means
With the withdrawal of all three BNP backed mayoral candidates from the Dhaka city north, south and Chittagong city corporation elections by noon, the national politics is back to square one.
BCL men threaten presiding officer at DU centre
Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling party, Awami League, threaten a presiding officer for barring them from entering a polling centre in Dhaka University.
Khaleda to brief media tomorrow
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a press briefing tomorrow about the city cooperation polls and overall political developments in the country.
BNP criticises EC strategy on army deployment
BNP criticises Election Commission’s strategy over army deployment for the upcoming city elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations.
Khaleda blames AL men for Savar bank robbery attempt
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia blames the activists of ruling Awami League and its student front Bangladesh Chhatra League for the deadly bank robbery attempt earlier in the afternoon at Ashulia.
EC for Apr 26-29 army deployment
The Election Commission has decided to deploy army from April 26 to April 29 in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations to maintain law and order during the April 28 city polls.
Level playing field not yet ensured: BNP
BNP alleges that the Election Commission has failed to create a level-playing field for all candidates of the upcoming Dhaka and Chittagong City Corporations elections.
UNDP to host youth dialogue with DNCC mayor aspirants
United Nations Development Programme will host youth dialogue with the mayoral candidates of Dhaka North City Corporation on Apr 15.
