Bangladesh, Aug. 17 -- Dhaka and its surrounding areas have experienced a mild earthquake. The tremor, registering at magnitude 3 on the Richter scale, struck at 5:32am on Monday. The epicentre was ... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Bangladesh has not witnessed a contested presidential election in three and a half decades, but that changes this month, with both the ruling and Opposition parties fielding can... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Oli Ahmad has entered the presidential race as the candidate of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance. A delegation led by AHM Hami... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- The Election Commission (EC) has decentralised the process of settling certain applications for correcting dates of birth on national identity cards. In a directive issued on T... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- The ruling BNP has nominated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for the presidency, putting the veteran politician on course to become Bangladesh's 23rd president. BNP Chairman Tariqu... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stepped down as BNP secretary general and member of the BNP National Standing Committee after being nominated by the ruling party as its candidat... Read More
Bangladesh, July 29 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has urged the Election Commission (EC) to retain the eligibility of MPO-listed teachers to contest local government elections, arguing that disqualifying them wo... Read More
Bangladesh, July 23 -- Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud has clarified that the Election Commission (EC) has no scope to strip Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam of his parliamentary seat despit... Read More
Bangladesh, July 14 -- The Election Commission (EC) has moved to amend the law to stop teachers and staff at MPO-listed educational institutions from contesting in local government elections. To this... Read More
Bangladesh, July 9 -- Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud says the Election Commission (EC) will publish the gazette on Thursday declaring BNP's Sarwar Alamgir the elected lawmaker for Chattogram-2. Th... Read More