Voting for the 12th parliamentary election began this morning amid a boycott by 16 political parties, including the major opposition BNP

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cast her vote at Dhaka City College polling centre at 8:03am today

Joint forces early today detained a panel mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) on charge of intimidating voters in Sagarpara area of the city

Who will form the opposition is still a matter of speculation.

The Awami League will be fully focused on turnout as the nation heads to the polls today.

As the nation goes to polls today for a third straight time under Sheikh Hasina-led government, the outcome is already a foregone conclusion. The 12th parliamentary election will go down in history as a race between Awami League candidates and Awami League “independents”.

The BNP has adopted a strategy of using social media to discourage voters from casting ballots in today’s election, said party sources.

This election lacks the expected competition and participation of political parties due to the differences of opinion among some parties over the institutional procedure for holding polls, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said yesterday.

Bangladesh Election Commission Secretariat has released the 'Smart Election Management BD' app, which is intended to help voters to stay updated online. Voters can see their polling centres and their addresses, voter numbers, and voting serial numbers by providing NID information and birth date in the designated sections of the app.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal today called upon voters to exercise their voting rights freely, braving all fears and concerns.

The 12th parliamentary polls are not going to be inclusive and peaceful in accordance with the South Asian standards, says former cabinet secretary Ali Imam Mazumder.

The EC must take action against AL candidates, activists making threats

Why is the Election Commission not putting a stop to it?

With the national election still two weeks away, many national and international observers have already termed it as a farce or “staged election.”

Why can't candidates of Jatiya Party, JSD and Workers Party win the election if the Awami League does not give up the competition for them?

We have never seen politicians belonging to the ruling coterie seeking and securing guarantees in election bargain like they have this time

Prisoners, migrants, even the deceased get implicated in cases

Little-known and recently-formed political parties have started announcing that they are taking part in the polls, as the government seeks to get as many registered parties as possible to run.

Arresting people on false charges is gross human rights violation

What is going on right now is election engineering, not preparation for a free and fair election.