national elections
The broken promises
Voters in char areas of Lalmonirhat seem to have lost hope as several promises regarding the area's development had been announced in previous elections over the decades but nothing was done in reality.
AL never uses backdoor to grab power: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Awami League never used the backdoor for grabbing power, rather it always assumes state power through elections.
The broken promises
Voters in char areas of Lalmonirhat seem to have lost hope as several promises regarding the area's development had been announced in previous elections over the decades but nothing was done in reality.
A new kind of first-time voters
Abdul Awal, 58, cannot hold back his excitement as for the first time in his life he would be voting in the 11th parliamentary polls on December 30.
7 candidates attacked
Seven candidates running with the “sheaf of paddy” electoral symbol were attacked allegedly by ruling party men yesterday while 130 supporters of the Awami League and the BNP were injured across the country in polls violence.
AL runs on full throttle, BNP missing
With the election 14 days away, campaigning should be in full swing but the situation in Khulna is different.
Barishal yet to catch polls fever
The Barishal city is yet to see fully-fledged electioneering by the major political parties although the polls are just two weeks away.
Crammed beyond Capacity
Prisons across the country are crammed with a record number of inmates, in some places three to seven times their capacity, as a result of the crackdown on illegal drugs and a “mass arrest” of BNP men over the last few months.
Legal tangles cause BNP fresh worries
The BNP has been facing new difficulties since the party candidates submitted their nomination papers for the upcoming polls.
'Do not vote for my father'
Video footage of Niaz Morshed Elite, son of BNP-nominated candidate Monirul Islam Yousuf for Chattogram-1, went viral on social media as he urged voters not to elect his father.
BNP puts trust in 60 new faces
Around 60 new faces got BNP tickets for the December 30 parliamentary election and most of them are former student leaders and family members of veteran or deceased party leaders.