Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad rebrands as ‘Jatiyo Chhatro Shokti’
23 October 2025, 17:38 PM
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BNP urges EC to exclude 'controversial' officials from election process
23 October 2025, 16:21 PM
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BNP, Jamaat raise concerns over RPO amendment, call for wider consultation
23 October 2025, 14:58 PM
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‘State can’t run on emotions’: Salahuddin rejects Jamaat’s call for executive order on July Charter
23 October 2025, 14:36 PM
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Fakhrul says some parties trying to delay polls
23 October 2025, 10:24 AM
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Jamaat offers unconditional apology for misdeeds from 1947 till date
23 October 2025, 08:59 AM
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Kurigram Jubo Dal suspends two over land-grabbing allegation
23 October 2025, 05:59 AM
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Neutrality debate takes centre stage
23 October 2025, 05:49 AM
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CU students protest social media post by newly elected Cucsu executive member
23 October 2025, 04:41 AM
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Tug-of-war over water lily continues
22 October 2025, 18:19 PM
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Names to EC search panel: Ex-bureaucrats figure high
Almost one third of the individuals recommended to be in the next Election Commission are former bureaucrats.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
CEC Huda not embarrassed
Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said they have had successes but at the same time failed to earn the confidence of many political parties and fully check polls violence.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
No democracy in the country
There is no democracy in the country, and the polls here do not reflect the will of the masses, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar said yesterday, his last day in office.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Two gun-toting men arrested
Police yesterday arrested two people who were photographed toting guns during the February 7 Khagaria Union Parishad election in Satkania, Chattogram.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
At least one from minorities
Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday demanded at least one election commissioner be from religious and ethnic minority communities.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Joy shares video on how BNP leaders siphoned money in 2001-2006
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has levelled hefty money laundering allegations against BNP leaders, including Tarique Rahman, backed by evidence from top global watchdogs.
14 February 2022, 11:11 AM
Will unveil all names today
The search committee will disclose all the names proposed for the posts of the chief election commissioner and other commissioners today, said its head, Justice Obaidul Hassan.
13 February 2022, 18:00 PM
‘I think I have worked successfully’
The outgoing Election Commission has conducted its duties successfully and tried to work with neutrality within the law, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday.
13 February 2022, 18:00 PM
What is up Tariqat’s sleeve this time?
Five years ago, the Bangladesh Tariqat Federation attracted public attention after the formation of the Election Commission because CEC KM Nurul Huda and election commissioners Rafiqul Islam and Brig Gen (retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury were appointed as per recommendations made by the party.
12 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Make names public
Eminent citizens yesterday suggested the search committee disclose the names of its picks for the Chief Election Commissioner and other commissioners before sending the nominations to the president.
12 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Ranga apologises
Faced with huge criticism for his recent remarks over his party’s stance, Jatiya Party co-chairman Moshiur Rahman Ranga apologised yesterday and pledged to not make such comments in the future.
12 February 2022, 18:00 PM
‘No trust’ in search panel
Almost all major opposition parties have refrained from submitting names to the search committee for forming the next Election Commission, citing a lack of confidence in the committee.
11 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Is Harris really dead?
The National Central Bureau at the police headquarters has asked CID to investigate whether Harris Chowdhury, former BNP leader and fugitive convict in the August 21 grenade attack case, is dead.
11 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Case should be filed against EC for destroying electoral system: Fakhrul
There should be a case and trial against the Election Commission (EC) for destroying the electoral system in Bangladesh, BNP’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today.
11 February 2022, 14:04 PM
They all long to be in EC
At least 180 people submitted their own names to the cabinet division for nomination for the new Election Commission.
10 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Contempt of court filed against CEC
A contempt of court petition was filed with the High Court yesterday against Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda for not registering Ganasamhati Andolon as a political party in around three years after the HC has directed to do so.
10 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Ec search panel: Invites sent out for talks; names sought
The cabinet division yesterday invited civil society members, election experts, media personalities and a cross-section of people for talks with the search committee constituted to make recommendations for the formation of the next Election Commission.
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Govt using missions abroad for AL propaganda: BNP
BNP yesterday alleged that the government is using its embassies abroad for spreading ruling party’s propaganda.
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Last polls under this EC today
Eight union parishads go to polls today in the last phase of the lowest tier of local government body elections.
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Don’t forget your pledges to people: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is steering the country towards economic prosperity while protecting the rights of its people.
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM