Mohiuddin Alamgir

The Election Commission will have to set up a record 42,350 polling centres for the next national election, according to a draft list of polling centres.

A citation of historical importance faded into oblivion. Or so we believed.

The Election Commission yesterday officially declared two “little-known” and “suddenly established” parties -- Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) -- as registered political parties with the commission.

The number of local organisations that will monitor the next general polls is likely to be reduced by nearly half compared to previous elections.

The current political crises cannot be resolved on the streets and it has to be done through dialogues between the parties, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said yesterday.

The success rate in this year’s SSC and equivalent exams has hit a 13-year low mainly due to poor performances in mathematics and bad results in Sylhet board due to floods in that region, officials said.

The pass rate for students under Dhaka board in this year’s SSC examinations was 77.55 percent, lowest in the last 13 years.

The European Union should send a fully-fledged election observation mission ahead of the next general election, the Awami League thinks.

The turnout of 11.50 percent voters on Monday’s by-polls to Dhaka-17 was the lowest in any by-election held in the last four years, excluding the ones held amid coronavirus restrictions.

Former Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain in an interview with The Daily Star.

The University Grants Commission has finalised a uniform financial policy and accounts manual for the public universities, significantly decreasing remuneration for teachers for setting question papers, invigilation and script evaluation.

Due to meagre allocation for the education sector, Bangladesh will face growing challenges to graduate from the least developed country status, say economists and educationists.

The Criminology Department of Dhaka University is apparently plagued by so many irregularities that students wrote to the vice-chancellor and even pleaded before the High Court for remedy

Only five out of the total 41 political parties that are registered with the Election Commission are participating in the ongoing five city corporation elections.

Technology has advanced at a rapid pace, bringing many benefits to society, but it also has led to changes in crime patterns. Law enforcers’ race against crimes has become even more challenging faced with these technology-facilitated crimes. On many occasions, these techno criminals catch the police off guard.

At least 18,465 non-government primary schools closed their doors for good in 2021 and 2022 due to what officials said were the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic.

About six months ahead of the next general election, the government yesterday proposed the last national budget of its five-year term mainly keeping the ruling Awami League’s vision of a “Smart Bangladesh” by 2041 and the election in mind.

In today’s ever-evolving world, the pursuit of higher education has become a cornerstone for success and personal growth. While public universities have long been recognized as bastions of knowledge,

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recommended over 11 months ago that the government scraps two sections and amends eight others of the Digital Security Act but the government said it will not scrap them and is reviewing the sections.

The Election Commission has made major changes to the guidelines for selecting polling centres for the national elections, including a provision for involving the local administration and the police in the selection process.