DNCC election 2019

DNCC mayor-elect meets PM

Mayor-elect of Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Gono Bhaban yesterday evening.

DNCC Election: The alternative facts and life imitating art

Oscar Wilde wrote in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.” Little did he know

Absence of voters speaks volumes

The extraordinarily low turn-out of voters during the Dhaka North City Corporation election speaks volumes about the general apathy that has developed in people regarding the electoral process.

Voters not interested

“Do they need our votes? Like they did in the December 30 election, someone will cast my vote.”

Empty yet not empty!

Empty! Emptiness, everywhere across Dhaka North yesterday. Empty voting centre, empty polling booth, empty ballot box and empty look in the faces of polling officials. As if the word empty personified the city elections of yesterday, the day when over 30 lakh voters were supposed to elect the mayor of their region.

'Ominous' for democracy

Poor presence of voters in yesterday's Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-polls has demonstrated that people have lost confidence in the country's electoral system, experts said.

Questionable numbers

It was around 10:45am, nearly three hours into the beginning of yesterday's Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls.

AL’s Atiqul takes big lead in DNCC polls

Awami League nominated mayoral candidate Atiqul Islam takes lead with a big margin of vote in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election.

50pc vote cast in DNCC by-polls: EC secy

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed claims that around 50 per cent votes were cast in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election.

February 11, 2019
February 11, 2019

DNCC By-Polls: EC allocates symbols for mayor candidates

Campaign for Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-polls officially began yesterday, with the allocation of symbols among five mayoral candidates by the Election Commission.

February 6, 2019
February 6, 2019

Dhaka City Polls: CEC wants it just like the nat'l election

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said he wanted the upcoming by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral post and councillor election to the 36 new wards under the DNCC and the DSCC to be free and fair.

February 3, 2019
February 3, 2019

DNCC Mayoral Race: Shafin's polls hope dashed

The Election Commission yesterday rejected the nomination papers of Jatiya Party nominated mayoral candidate Shafin Ahmed for the Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls because he had defaulted on bank loans.

January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019

6 contestants submit nominations for DNCC mayoral by-polls

Six mayor hopefuls have submitted nomination papers for contesting in the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls.

January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019

Atiqul submits nomination form

Awami League candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls Atiqul Islam submitted his nomination form to the returning office yesterday.

January 24, 2019
January 24, 2019

BNP waiting for Tarique's call on DNCC polls

BNP will wait to hear a final call of its acting Chairman Tarique Rahman before taking a step towards Dhaka North City Corporation’s by-election.

January 23, 2019
January 23, 2019

DNCC mayor polls Feb 28

By-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post will be held on February 28, the Election Commission said yesterday.

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