The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency was marked by a very low turnout of voters yesterday.

Awami League candidate Habibur Rahman Habib has won the Sylhet-3 by-election held today.

The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency began this morning.

Election Commission (EC) is planning on collecting information of students from their educational institutes to provide them with National Identity (NID) cards.

The Election Commission (EC) is going to hold more than 4,100 elections by December. Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayoral election, and all district council and union parishad (UP) polls are to be held in this period.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold by-polls to Sylhet-3 constituency on September 4.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the Election Commission to resume the process for holding by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency.

The High Court today cleared the way for the Election Commission (EC) to resume the process for holding by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency.

The High Court yesterday stayed till August 5 the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday, due to the ongoing “strict lockdown”.

The High Court today stayed the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, scheduled for July 28, till August 5 -- due to the ongoing “strict lockdown”.

Five Supreme Court lawyers yesterday served a legal notice on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda, requesting him to postpone the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency scheduled to be held on July 28, due to the ongoing pandemic.

Five Supreme Court lawyers today served a legal notice to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda, to postpone the by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency scheduled to be held on July 28, due to the ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, scheduled to be held on July 28, will not be postponed due to constitutional and legal obligations, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday.

By-polls to Sylhet-3 constituency, which is scheduled to be held on July 28, will not be postponed due to the ongoing “strict lockdown”, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said today.

Bangladesh will soon receive a gift of 2.5 million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the US, said US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Bangladesh crossed 14,000 yesterday as health authorities reported 77 fresh deaths.

Awami League nominee Aga Khan Mintu has been declared elected unopposed in the by-polls to Dhaka-14.

The government’s efforts to protect the proverbial heart of the country, its capital, from a worsening Covid-19 situation could be foiled by the influx of people from riskier districts to cattle markets in the lead-up to Eid-ul-Azha.

Awami League nominee Aga Khan Mintu is likely to be elected unopposed in Dhaka-14 by-polls, scheduled for July 28.

More than two-thirds of the people in the slum areas of Dhaka and Chattagram have most definitely been exposed to Covid-19, found a study by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b).