Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Voter turnout stood at 32.88 percent across 32,789 polling centres by 12pm in the ongoing general election and referendum, according to the Election Commission. EC Secretary Akhtar ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Army personnel have escorted NCP leader Nasir Uddin Patwary from a polling station in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur area after he was unable to leave the premises amid tensions with rival act... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- NCP's Nasiruddin Patwary has told the BNP to "play the full 90 minutes" after his polling agent was delayed and barred from working for three hours at the Mirza Abbas Mohila College ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- A delegation of Turkish lawmakers, serving as election observers, has met with BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. The meeting was held at the BNP chairman's office in Gulshan on Wednesday... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- Ballot papers and other election materials are being sent out to polling centres ahead of the 13th parliamentary election and referendum. The presiding officers in charge of the pol... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- Ahead of Bangladesh's 13th parliamentary election, the Election Commission (EC) has outlined four ways for voters to find essential voting information, including their polling statio... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- The Election Commission (EC) has warned of "strict action" if evidence of vote buying emerges in the national election and referendum. The warning came in a media statement issued a... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- A mobile court has sentenced two polling agents representing the Jamaat-e-Islami to two years in prison for entering a booth and attempting to exert undue influence in Dhaka's Mirpur... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- Election Commission (EC) Secretary Akhtar Ahmed has accused the media of misquoting him over the amount of cash permitted to be carried a day before the parliamentary election. Spea... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- Jamaat-e-Islami spokesperson Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair has alleged that a planned campaign of disinformation is being carried out against his party and its leaders to question the elect... Read More