The decision on army deployments ahead of the city corporation polls of Dhaka and Chittagong will be taken on April 19, the chief election commissioner said.

FOR ordinary people living in Bangladesh, the process preceding the city corporation elections is not merely limited to listening to long, never-ending speeches about what the aspiring mayoral candidate can do for your city.

The mayoral and councilor aspirants launch campaign for the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations poll.

A delegation of BNP standing committee will meet Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad to call for ensuring a level-playing field in the upcoming Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls.

While answering a question from the media, The Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz say law enforcers do not need to take permission from Election Commission (EC) to arrest anyone.

THE government is going to hold city corporations elections in less than a month. It is commonly believed that this is going to be a powerful stabiliser of the prolonged political heat, giving citizens a breathing space in the midst of the boiling atmosphere.

BY all indications, it appears that the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has decided to participate in the Dhaka (North and South) and Chittagong City Corporations elections.

BNP terms the upcoming elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations as stage-managed drama to distract people’s attention from its anti-government movement

Former Chittagong mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury has withdrawn his mayoral candidature for the upcoming Chittagong City Corporation polls and expressed support to AJM Nasir, a candidate from his party, Awami League