Rahgir Almahi Ershad takes oath as MP
10 October 2019, 09:03 AM
Rangpur-3 by-polls: ‘Will consider if JP wants to contest from AL alliance’
12 September 2019, 06:22 AM
JS polls: Shujan demands Supreme Judicial Council to probe irregularities
9 July 2019, 07:15 AM
BNP’s Siraj wins Bogura-6 by-polls
24 June 2019, 07:12 AM
HC rejects writ challenging MPs’ oath-taking
18 February 2019, 07:26 AM
Zakia Nur takes oath as MP
16 February 2019, 09:40 AM
Dec 30 polls challenged in High Court
13 February 2019, 21:13 PM
Address 'threats to democracy' in Bangladesh
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Polls in Kishoreganj-1 Feb 28
22 January 2019, 13:29 PM
HC rejects petition on oath taking of MPs
17 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Tearful Salma quits race
Around noon yesterday, Salma Islam was wiping away tears while her husband and campaign manager Nurul Islam Babul announced they were boycotting the election.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
AL men rule Ctg polling centres
Polling agents of BNP-led alliance candidates were barred from entering the voting centres and BNP supporters were driven out from the area in all 16 constituencies in Chattogram during yesterday's election.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Coast Guard happy with election duty performance
Director General of the Bangladesh Coast Guard Rear Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury yesterday said his force had discharged its duties in a manner so that the people of the coastal areas can cast vote in a free, fair and peaceful atmosphere.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Leftist parties reject polls, demand re-election
Rejecting the 11th parliamentary election, several leftist political parties yesterday demanded a “re-election” under a “non-partisan caretaker government” as early as possible.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
No privacy while voting
Jamshed Ali had to cast his vote for “boat” openly in front of the polling officials and agents, which is a blatant violation of the electoral code of conduct.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Election was peaceful
After visiting several polling centres in Dhaka, a team of foreign and local election observers find voting are taking place smoothly and peacefully.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Police-aided ballot stuffing
The ruling party supporters were seen stuffing ballot boxes from 1:45pm to 2:15pm at Gulshan Model School and College in Dhaka yesterday.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
AL believes in democracy: Hasina
Awami League believes in democracy and has faith in the people, the party's president Sheikh Hasina said yesterday morning, after casting her vote. “We will accept whatever decision the people will make.”
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
'If they don't come, how will they be seen?'
In the face of allegations that agents of BNP were hardly visible in polling centres across the country, the chief election commissioner (CEC) has claimed that they were not seen because they did not show up in the first place.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Fair election possible under partisan govt
HT Imam, co-chairman of the Awami League polls steering committee, yesterday said this election has proved that a free, fair and neutral one is possible under a partisan government.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Son casts vote on behalf of sick father!
It was 2:42pm when these correspondents entered a voting booth at Lalbagh Government Primary School in Natore sadar. A voter named Mobarak Hossain, 35, told the polling official his serial number -- 169 -- and his name.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Oikyafront terms polls Farcical
Jatiya Oikyafront yesterday demanded the Election Commission immediately scrap the “farcical election” and hold a fresh one under a nonpartisan interim government.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
National polls under int'l spotlight
International media widely covered yesterday's national election that saw deadly clashes and accusations of vote rigging.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
EVM proves prone to abuse
The Election Commission touted the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) as a foolproof alternative to the traditional method of ballot paper, but that too fell prey to sweeping abuse yesterday.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Snapshots of Polls Day
Snapshots of Polls Day
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
3 journalists beaten up
At least three journalists, including a photojournalist of this paper, were assaulted during parliamentary polls in Dhaka and Chattogram yesterday, while a number of journalists covering polls for this paper faced obstructions from activists of political parties and law enforcers in the capital.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Of Queues and Chaos
Of Queues and Chaos
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
What they said
What they said
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Hat-trick for Hasina
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has led her party to a third consecutive win in parliamentary polls, securing two-thirds majority in yesterday's election held in an atmosphere dominated by the ruling party men.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Their first vote
Many across the country exercised their voting rights for the first time yesterday, at the 11th national election.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM