All measures taken for free, fair Thakurgaon-1 by-election: CEC
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Thakurgaon-1 by-election nomination deadline today
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Govt favours UP polls from January
27 September 2026
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Local polls likely in January, not delayed by govt pressure: EC
24 September 2026
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EC finalises 42 symbols for union parishad elections
24 September 2026
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Thakurgaon-1 by-polls: Voter registration begins Sept 27
23 September 2026
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EC raises Union Parishad election deposits, sets campaign spending limits
23 September 2026
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Labour Party demands voting rights for expats in local polls
23 September 2026
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EC rules out local govt polls this year
22 September 2026
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EC rules out local govt polls this year
21 September 2026
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EC finds no flaws in walkovers
The Election Commission (EC) finds no flaws in the incidents of many chairman aspirants' being elected unopposed in the Union Parishad(UP) polls.
7 March 2016
Khulna doctors go on 12hrs strike
Doctors went on a 12-hour strike in the public and private hospitals, diagnostic centres and private chambers in
3 March 2016
Bus crushes schoolteacher in Kamalapur
A schoolteacher was crushed under the wheels of a rashly-driven bus at Kamalapur in Dhaka on Wednesday morning.
2 March 2016
Shujan doubts fairness of UP polls
Civil society platform Sujon criticises role of Election Commission ahead of the upcoming Union Parishad polls and doubts fairness of the election.
2 March 2016
Body of missing worker found in Ctg
The divers of Fire Service yesterday recovered the body of a worker from a canal, after he went missing when a girder
1 March 2016
UP polls: Aspirants can submit nomination to district authorities
The Election Commission today announces that the chairman and councillor aspirants of the upcoming Union Parishad elections can submit their nomination papers to the district administration offices apart from the returning officers to avert any untoward incident.
1 March 2016
Three students hacked over cricket match
Three students of a school were injured in a scuffle following a cricket match dispute at Jamshing in Savar early yesterday.
26 February 2016
EC cancels polls schedule for 12 UPs
The Election Commission cancels the polls schedule for 12 union parishads in the second-phase of the election scheduled to be held on March 31.
24 February 2016
Pre-UP poll clashes leave 23 hurt in Patuakhali
At least 23 people were injured in clashes over upcoming union parishad (UP) elections slated for March 22 in Baufal and Dashmina
23 February 2016
Dhaka Bar Asssociation election on Feb 24, 25
The two-day polls to elect the leaders in the Dhaka Bar Association will be held on February 24 and 25.
21 February 2016
EC to print record number of ballots for UP polls
The Election Commission (EC) has started printing some 22 crore ballot papers required for the upcoming six-phase Union Parishad
20 February 2016
BGB will not be deployed
The Election Commission has initially decided not to deploy members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in the
16 February 2016
BNP to join polls
Claiming that the upcoming elections to union parishads (UP) will be farcical and not credible “as experienced in ones held recently”, BNP yesterday announced that it would be contesting it, prioritising grassroots leaders' suggestions on probable candidates, as it was an election-oriented party.
12 February 2016
UP polls begin Mar 22
Election to 752 union parishads, the first phase of the root level elections throughout the country, will be held on March 22 in a partisan manner.
11 February 2016
Polls in ten municipalities on March 20
Elections to ten municipalities of nine districts will be held on March 20, the Election Commission announced today.
10 February 2016
Kader Siddique’s plea to contest by-polls rejected in HC
The High Court upholds the Election Commission's decision that had cancelled the candidacy of Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique for Tangail-4 by-polls.
4 February 2016
44.32 new voters registered
The Election Commission says more than 44.32 lakh new voters have been registered in the electoral roll across the country last year.
31 January 2016
Pro-AL panel bags 8 seats, pro-BNP 7
A pro-Awami League (AL) panel bagged eight posts, including that of the president and secretary, while a BNP-
30 January 2016
Municipal polls were fair
Law Minster Anisul Huq yesterday told the parliament that last year's municipal elections were held in a free, fair and festive way.
26 January 2016
HC questions legality of municipal polls code
High Court questions legality of municipal electoral code that restricted parliament members to run election campaign for their party candidates in local polls.
25 January 2016