Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- With women making up only 3.6 percent of candidates, political parties are once again sidelining female presence ahead of the February-12 national election. Out of 1,732 party-nomin... Read More
, Jan. 25 -- Some 500 foreign election observers, alongside over 55,000 local observers, from different countries and international organisations have expressed interest in monitoring Bangladesh's upc... Read More
, Jan. 6 -- With the scrutiny of nomination papers complete, only 62 women remain in the race for the February 12 national election, exposing a stark gender gap as most of the 51 political parties fai... Read More
, Dec. 6 -- The Election Commission (EC) is considering appointing a symbolic number of returning officers (ROs) from its own officials-alongside Deputy Commissioners-for the first time in a parliamen... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- The Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, will meet on Sunday (Dec 7) to review overall preparations and finalise the date for announcing the schedu... Read More
, Nov. 22 -- No political party or candidate will be allowed to carry out electioneering in educational institutions, government offices or foreign lands, in addition to religious places of worship, a... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- The Election Commission is planning to invite all 56 registered political parties, including Jatiya Party and three new parties, in nine groups to participate in the dialogue startin... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Moving into the election mode, the Election Commission will start a series of dialogues with registered political parties this week to lay the groundwork for the upcoming national ele... Read More