municipal polls

HC questions legality of municipal polls code

High Court questions legality of municipal electoral code that restricted parliament members to run election campaign for their party candidates in local polls.

PM slams Khaleda for calling election officials, people ‘dogs’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come down heavily on BNP chief Khaleda Zia for terming voters, election officials and others who were present at polling stations during the January-5 national election 'dogs'.

Bogra AL-JP clash: An injured dies

One of the injured in yesterday’s Awami League-Jatiya Party clash at Santahar municipality in Bogra has died today while being shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Voting rights snatched using admin

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday alleged that the government snatched people's votes in Wednesday's municipal polls by using the administration, law enforcers and presiding officers.

'Helpless, shocked'

"Less than an hour after the voting began, some seven to eight ruling party men stormed the booth I was assigned to. Identifying themselves as Chhatra League and Jubo League activists, they tried to take the ballots away from me."

PCJSS calls blockade in Rangamati for Sunday protesting ‘vote rigging’

Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity will observe road and waterway blockade in Rangamati on Sunday protesting “vote rigging” and “biased acts of administration” during yesterday’s municipality elections.

Step down, BNP tells EC

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demands the Election Commission (EC) to step down for what it termed “failure to uphold its constitutional responsibilities” during the just concluded municipality elections.

Polls free, fair, claim EC, AL

The Election Commission and the ruling Awami League claimed yesterday's municipal polls were free and fair except for some stray incidents. The AL, however, accused the police of causing some of the incidents.

[WATCH] Vote rigging in Narsingdi, Patuakhali

Television reporters catches some footage of vote rigging in Narsingdi and Patuakhali districts during the municipality elections of 2015.

December 14, 2015
December 14, 2015

BNP to move EC with complaint of missing candidates

A delegation of BNP will visit Election Commission to file a complaint on the alleged kidnapping of the party’s two mayoral candidates.

December 13, 2015
December 13, 2015

Saudis elect first woman politician

A Saudi woman wins a seat on Mecca's municipal council in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia's first-ever elections open to female voters and candidates, the country's election commission announced Sunday.

December 12, 2015
December 12, 2015

Kibria murder accused Gaus cleared for mayoral race

The election office validates GK Gaus, an accused in the murder of ex-finance minister SAMS Kibria, for the Habiganj municipality mayoral race.

December 3, 2015
December 3, 2015

AL names municipality polls candidates

Ruling Awami League announces the list of its nominated candidates for the upcoming municipality elections scheduled to be held on December 30.

November 27, 2015
November 27, 2015

Mini national polls, mighty excitement in store

The schedules for polls to the 234 municipalities are upon us, as if tip-toeing on a slippery wicket to a sudden grand curtain raiser about to happen.

November 4, 2015
November 4, 2015

‘Dec 20-24 suitable for municipal polls’

An election commissioner says it will be suitable for the Election Commission (EC) if municipal polls are held in the third week of December.

November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015

Ordinance issued making munipal polls partisan

President Abdul Hamid issues an ordinance amending the local government law making municipal polls partisan.

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