Union Parishad
UP polls: Clashes halt voting at 5 centres
Voting at five polling centres are suspended due to violence in two districts and 13 BNP chairman candidates boycotted polls in three districts during the fifth phase of union parishad election.
Plan to double size of Dhaka city okayed
The authorities approve a proposal to double the size of Dhaka city by adding eight more unions to both the north and south city corporations.
UP polls: 12 election officials detained
Law enforcement agencies and mobile courts detain at least five presiding officers and seven assistant presiding officers for their alleged involvement in irregularities and negligence in their...
UP polls: Violence claims 5 lives in 4 districts
Four persons, including a 17-year-old, have been killed during clash among supporters of Union Parishad election candidates and police in Rajshahi, Thakurgaon and Comilla districts while a...
Vote rigging at Comilla station, polling suspended
Voting at a polling station in Comilla suspended for stamping ballot papers in favour of Awami League candidate hours before the fourth phase of union parishad election started.
4th UP polls: Vote counting begins
Vote counting begins in the fourth phase of union parishad elections in 703 unions of 47 districts today.
BNP-Jamaat nexus behind killings: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the BNP-Jamaat clique of carrying out killings like Kalabagan double murder saying they are doing this to destabilise the country.
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
Third-phase polls 'fairer'
The Election Commission and the ruling Awami League claimed that the third phase Union Parishad elections were free and fair while
Third phase of Union Parishad elections today
Around 620 union parishads (UPs) in 46 districts go to polls in the third phase today amid tension and fear of violence, as elections in
EC asks AL leaders to keep grassroots men from violence
The Election Commission asks some central leaders of ruling Awami League (AL) to issue directives to the party’s grassroots leaders and activists to refrain from committing violence and...