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European Parliament for inclusive polls

A visiting European Parliament delegation has called for an inclusive parliamentary election in Bangladesh, and said it is important for

By-polls to 2 JS seats on March 13

The by-polls to Gaibandha-1 and Brahmanbaria-1 will be held on March 13 as the Election Commission yesterday announced the polls schedules for the two parliamentary constituencies.

News Analysis: Violence in UP Polls / EC passes the buck on society

The Election Commission has passed the buck to the society by making a ridiculous claim that "social instability is one of the major causes" for the widespread violence in the just concluded union parishad polls.

2 polls officials killed in Thakurgaon road crash

Two assistant presiding officers are killed when a bus rams a motorcycle they riding towards a poling centre on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.

6 shot in Munshiganj pre-polls violence

At least six people have been bullet-hit in a pre-election violence in Munshiganj’s Sadar upazila ahead of union parishad election this Saturday.

Polling underway in 9 municipalities

Voting in the election to nine municipalities in seven districts have begun, with over three lakh people expected to exercise their franchise.

UP polls violence victim dies in Rajshahi

A man, who was critically injured in violence over the fourth phase of the union parishad polls held on May 7, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

Civil body questions EC role over UP polls

A civil society platform has questioned the role of the Election Commission over its role in the union parishad elections in view of the poll-time irregularities and violence.

Breaching of polls rules, violence on

Breaching of electoral code of conduct and spates of violence continue in different districts, leaving one person dead, as the third phase of Union Parishad (UP) polls starts on day after tomorrow.

March 27, 2016
March 27, 2016

Male villagers flee homes fearing arrest

The people of several villages of three unions of Mathbaria upazila and Bhandaria upazilas under the district are passing days amid fear

March 25, 2016
March 25, 2016

EC's denial won't bring remedy

It does not matter much to the Election Commission whether or not the polling is mired in widespread violence and irregularities. It has got some canned words for the nation at the end of polling. And it has kept defending the flawed elections in the same old way for the last two years.

March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016

UP polls: AL wins 356 chairman posts, BNP 30

Awami League-backed chairman candidates won elections in 356 union parishads while contestants from its arch rival BNP’s camp won in 30.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

Man killed in Jhalakathi, polling officers shot in Noakhali

Two presiding officers are shot in Noakhali as reports of gunfire came from voting centres in Patuakhali and Satkhira during the first phase of union parishad elections.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

Voting begins in UP polls

The first phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections begins, marking the start of the country's maiden UP-level polls on partisan lines.

March 21, 2016
March 21, 2016

BGB for UP polls to avert violence

The Election Commission has deployed paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for union parishad elections to avert any violence.

March 21, 2016
March 21, 2016

Bandarban UP chairman candidate shot dead

Masked miscreants brandish guns and pick up an independent chairman candidate of the Union Parishad polls from his house before killing him in Bandarban’s Ruma upazila.

March 20, 2016
March 20, 2016

Municipality polls: 6 hurt in Jhalakathi

Six people including the mayor and rebel candidate of Awami League were injured in Jhalakati Sadar upazila amid the ongoing municipal elections, being held in nine districts.

March 2, 2016
March 2, 2016

Shujan doubts fairness of UP polls

Civil society platform Sujon criticises role of Election Commission ahead of the upcoming Union Parishad polls and doubts fairness of the election.

January 30, 2016
January 30, 2016

Mammoth task awaits AL

Picking single candidates for the union parishad elections would be a daunting task for the ruling Awami League as the grassroots

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