BNP-backed mayoral candidate of Chattogram City Corporation election, Shahadat Hossain, today demanded immediate release of 69 leaders and activists of his party who were arrested in the last seven days.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said that election should start with a contest but should not end with violence.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has asked to withdraw the hartal called for Companyganj upazila tomorrow.

Ekramul Karim Chowdhury, Awami League lawmaker from Noakhali-4 (Sadar-Subarnachar Upazila) constituency has claimed AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader belongs to a "family of razakars".

Two treasury bench lawmakers proposed in parliament today that the under-construction Padma bridge be named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but the PM gestured her unwillingness.

Elections to 31 municipalities will be held in the fifth phase on February 28, the Election Commission announced this evening.

A man died after being injured in a clash between rival groups of two candidates vying for posts in the Mahendiganj municipality polls scheduled for January 30 in Barishal district.

Bangladesh Jononetri Parishad President AB Siddique yesterday sued BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on charges of attempting to kill him.

Bangladesh Awami League today named the members of its international affairs subcommittee for 2019-2022.

Abdul Quader Mirza, Awami League backed candidate and also younger brother of Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, has been elected as the mayor of Noakhali’s Basurhat municipality election.

A polling agent of Awami League mayoral candidate was sentenced to one year imprisonment for violating the electoral code of conduct in Bogura’s Sariakandi municipality election today.

A councillor candidate supposedly had food cooked for at least 2,500 people while voting was underway in Kushtia municipality today.

A man was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for "vote fraud" during Sherpur municipality polls in Bogura today.

Four people including an Ansar member were injured in a crude bomb explosion in front of a polling centre during municipality election to Feni’s Dagonbhuiya this morning.

At least ten people, including the wife of an independent mayor candidate and a journalist, were injured in a clash between supporters of ruling Awami League mayor candidate and rebel candidate during the election campaign of Bhedarganj municipality election campaign at Shariatpur’s East Gaydda today.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda today said there have always been allegations of vote rigging globally during elections.

Rashed Khan Menon, an important figure in Bangladesh’s political history who was at the frontlines during the mass upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971 and currently the president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, recently talked with The Daily Star about the present political situation in the country.

BNP has announced to hold demonstrations across the country on December 30, marking the second anniversary of the 11th parliamentary election.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said that BNP drafted the recent statement of 42 eminent citizens on the Election Commission (EC).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during their video-conference meeting yesterday inaugurated, among other things, the Bangabandhu-Bapu digital exhibition.