Pankag Karmakar

Another 698 union parishads (UPs) go to the polls in the sixth and final phase today, after the electioneering and voting days in all the

The Election Commission's measures to curb violence in the ongoing union parishad polls remain confined to only sending letters to the home ministry, asking for its help.

The Election Commission has received scores of complaints over anomalies in the fifth phase of the union parishad polls held on May 28.

The reduced passenger fares announced by the government on May 3 have not been implemented amid slack monitoring by the road transport and bridges ministry.

As an independent chairman candidate in the ongoing Union Parishad polls, she does not want any extra favour; rather her

As violence continued with each phase of the Union Parishad polls gone by, the Election Commission has asked the home ministry to

The tendency of polling officials increasingly getting involved in stuffing ballot boxes in the ongoing union parishad (UP) polls has

Another 703 unions of 47 districts go to polls in the fourth phase today amid tension and fear of violence as many ruling Awami

The government yesterday slashed the fare for long-haul buses by 3 paisa per kilometre, drawing criticism from

The usual eight-hour working time a day is not applicable for him. He has to work almost double the time.

Bus operators are reluctant to reduce fares despite a cut in fuel prices.

Around 620 union parishads (UPs) in 46 districts go to polls in the third phase today amid tension and fear of violence, as elections in

Though widespread violence and loss of dozens of lives marked the first two phases of union parishad polls, the Election Commission and the law enforcement agencies have praised each other for their respective roles.

Another 639 unions in 47 districts go to the polls today, a week after violence in the first phase of the elections left around two dozen people dead.

Independent candidates have won more than double the chairman posts grabbed by BNP-nominated candidates in

The Election Commission has decided to ask the returning officers to file cases against those involved in electoral irregularities and violence at all the 65 polling centres where voting was suspended during the union parishad polls on Tuesday.

Over 700 unions will go to polls today against the backdrop of the deadly violence during electioneering in the last couple of weeks.

With her one-and-a-half-month-old child in the arms, Umme Kulsum was hurrying from one desk to another at the National Identity Registration Wing (NIDW) office.

Chief Election Commission Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday directed the law enforcers to open fire on criminals if they try to occupy polling stations or stuff ballot boxes during the union parishad polls.

The Election Commission is yet to take any action over allegations that many union parishad chairman hopefuls were barred from filing nominations for the March 22 polls.