election violence
Local MP, 10 others, killed in NE India
A state legislator in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and at least ten others have been killed in an attack by suspected separatist militants, officials say.
Independents, rebels lobby for fair polls
As an independent chairman candidate in the ongoing Union Parishad polls, she does not want any extra favour; rather her
EC seeks more action to check polls violence
As violence continued with each phase of the Union Parishad polls gone by, the Election Commission has asked the home ministry to
6 killed in Bangladesh as violence, irregularities mark vote
Many incidents of violence and irregularities marked the voting in the fourth phase of the union parishad polls yesterday as
US lawmaker for ending violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh
American lawmaker and member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Tulsi Gabbard calls for an end to violence against religious minorities and secular activists in Bangladesh.
Cancel both phases of UP polls, BNP urges CEC
BNP urges Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed to announce cancellation of phase 1 and 2 of Union Parishad elections over irregularities and violence across the country.
Trends and patterns
Political violence remains inseparable from Bangladeshi politics and election violence is an integral part of that violence.
Voter turnout in UP polls 74%: EC
Turnout in the first phase of Union Parishad elections was about 74 percent, says Election Commission Secretary Sirazul Islam.
75 hurt in two days
With union parishad elections getting closer, supporters of rival candidates are being engaged in clashes in several districts.