Just days ahead of the 11th national elections, Election Commissioner Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury today said “situation is under control”.

Main opposition BNP claims that over 9,200 of its activists were arrested since the declaration of election schedule on November 8.

The Awami League-led Grand Alliance will win the upcoming general election with a two-third majority, the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.

BNP candidate of Dhaka-4 Al-Hajj Salahuddin alleged that he could not campaign as law enforcers and members of ruling Awami League took position in front of his house at Shyampur in the capital.

Election Commission okays the plying of motorcycles by journalists on election day December 30, provided that they display the approval sticker of the commission.

Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks to keep adequate cash in ATM machines during the national elections to be held on December 30.

The steering committee of Jatiya Oikyafront calls an emergency meeting to discuss about the country’s overall political situation ahead of the December 30 national election.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says holding a fair election under the Awami League government is not possible.

Alleging mass discrimination to push it out of election, major political opposition Jatiya Oikyafront says it is now depending on the vote of the people.

Chattogram division consists of 11 districts – Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria and Chandpur

Expressing grave concern over the ongoing spate of violence ahead of Sunday's polls, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar has said violence and election cannot go hand in hand.

The election is just three days away and polls campaign ends at 8:00am tomorrow, but election violence and attacks on BNP and Oikyafront candidates are escalating even after military deployment.

With the election this Sunday, three more BNP candidates skidded off the race yesterday as the High Court disqualified them on the ground that the government did not accept their resignation as upazila chairmen.

It's Gonoforam chief Dr Kamal Hossain, not Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda, who should quit after accepting his failure, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has asked the mobile operators and international internet gateways to be ready for immediate implementation of its instructions regarding internet speed and content from December 29 to 31.

A former Chhatra League leader was killed as two Awami League factions clashed during an election rally in Cox's Bazar's Ramu on Tuesday night.

Blue-collar constituents, sympathy vote, and parochialism are likely to play a pivotal role in the city's three major constituencies, Chattogram-9, -10 and -11.

Though Lalmonirhat-3 has been a stronghold of the Jatiya Party, a partner in the Awami League-led grand alliance, since 1991, the Jatiya Oikyafront, led by the BNP and several other parties, is eyeing a win this time.

A group of people, several of them disabled, going door to door to seek votes caught attention of Savar and Ashulia residents.

Police have stepped up monitoring of city hotels and messes as they are strictly checking the identities of guests and boarders ahead of Sunday's national election.