BNP demands that the Election Commission announce fresh election schedule as its candidates could not file nomination due to obstacle created by the ruling Awami League men.

BNP finalises the list of its mayoral aspirants in all 236 municipalities across the country to contest the elections scheduled to be held on December 30.

Roch Marc Christian Kabore has won presidential elections in Burkina Faso, the electoral commission says.

The Workers Party of Bangladesh urges the Election Commission not to allow any Jamaat-e-Islami activists to take part in the municipality election under the banner of BNP-led 20-party alliance.

EC will not defer municipality polls slated for Dec 30. MPs to remain out of electioneering campaigns, officials say

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad says the Election Commission will decide tomorrow on the demands of political parties over the upcoming municipality elections.

BNP urges Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad to take measures so that lawmakers cannot take part in the municipality election campaign.

BNP informs the Election Commission that its joint secretary general Md Shahjanan will verify the nomination papers of its prospective mayoral candidates for the municipality polls.

BNP decides in principle to participate in the December 30 municipality elections.

Elections to 234 municipalities across the country will be held on December 30, the chief election commissioner announces.

Perhaps Congress leaders think that things cannot get any worse after the nadir of 2014. Maybe they should think again. The reason is clear. Congress political tactics this year have floated out of the range of common sense.

An election commissioner says it will be suitable for the Election Commission (EC) if municipal polls are held in the third week of December.

Telecom operators will sign deals with the Election Commission today to get access to the national identification database to introduce biometric registration system for new SIM cards.

The Supreme Court extends till January 31 its order that had stayed the process for holding Tangail-4 by-polls. It asks High Court to hear and dispose of a rule issued over the nomination of Krishak Shramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique by this time.

The by-election to the Moulvibazar-3 constituency will be held on December 8, the Election Commission announced today.

The Supreme Court stays process for holding Tangail-4 by-polls till November 2.

A suspected extortionist demands toll from 15 Election Commission officials and threatens to kill them or kidnap their children if his demand goes unheeded.

Eight days after the Election Commission (EC) declined to accept the nomination of Kader Siddique, president of Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL), for Tangail-4 by-polls, the High Court asks the EC to allow him take part in the election.

The by-election to Tangail-4 constituency will be held on November 10 instead of October 28.

Election Commission declares that by-poll for Tangail-4 constituency, which fell vacant following resignation of sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique, will be held on October 28.