electoral irregularities

A poll-time government without BNP?

A fair election will require much more than token initiatives

No EVMs in general polls / Can ballots ensure free and fair elections?

A genuinely inclusive election depends on a wide range of factors, many of which the Election Commission cannot even begin to address

Only genuine electoral reform can reignite voter interest

Six by-polls are proof that there is a lot to be done before general election

By-polls irregularities: EC probe finds 100 involved

The Election Commission’s probe committee has found that around 100 people, including election officials, were involved in electoral irregularities during the Gaibandha-5 by-polls on October 12.

Why should we trust EVMs?

The EC has failed to assure the people that EVMs will not lead to electoral fraud

Anomalies in UP Polls / EC receives scores of complaints

The Election Commission has received scores of complaints over anomalies in the fifth phase of the union parishad polls held on May 28.

Violence lessens, not irregularities

The election to 614 union parishads in the third phase of UP polls yesterday saw some stray incidents of violence and electoral

UP polls: BNP alleges irregularities in 3rd phase too

Senior BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the third phase of union parishad (UP) elections were also marred by “massive vote rigging and irregularities”, like the first and second phases.

Bloodshed stalks polls

Like in the first phase, violence and irregularities marked the second-phase polls to union parishads yesterday, leaving at least eight people dead and around 130 others wounded in clashes and firing. One of the dead is a 10-year-old boy, who went with his uncle to see voting, and another a Dhaka University student who went to his village ahead of the polls.

May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023

A poll-time government without BNP?

A fair election will require much more than token initiatives

April 5, 2023
April 5, 2023

Can ballots ensure free and fair elections?

A genuinely inclusive election depends on a wide range of factors, many of which the Election Commission cannot even begin to address

February 3, 2023
February 3, 2023

Only genuine electoral reform can reignite voter interest

Six by-polls are proof that there is a lot to be done before general election

October 27, 2022
October 27, 2022

By-polls irregularities: EC probe finds 100 involved

The Election Commission’s probe committee has found that around 100 people, including election officials, were involved in electoral irregularities during the Gaibandha-5 by-polls on October 12.

August 29, 2022
August 29, 2022

Why should we trust EVMs?

The EC has failed to assure the people that EVMs will not lead to electoral fraud

May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016

EC receives scores of complaints

The Election Commission has received scores of complaints over anomalies in the fifth phase of the union parishad polls held on May 28.

April 24, 2016
April 24, 2016

Violence lessens, not irregularities

The election to 614 union parishads in the third phase of UP polls yesterday saw some stray incidents of violence and electoral

April 23, 2016
April 23, 2016

UP polls: BNP alleges irregularities in 3rd phase too

Senior BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the third phase of union parishad (UP) elections were also marred by “massive vote rigging and irregularities”, like the first and second phases.

April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016

Bloodshed stalks polls

Like in the first phase, violence and irregularities marked the second-phase polls to union parishads yesterday, leaving at least eight people dead and around 130 others wounded in clashes and firing. One of the dead is a 10-year-old boy, who went with his uncle to see voting, and another a Dhaka University student who went to his village ahead of the polls.

March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016

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.