Election Commission (EC) has released its action plan for the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections by fixing its challenges, which includes gaining confidence of all political parties to ensure participation of all political parties.

EC's proposal about journalists is commendable, but a lot more remains to be done

When Mahbub joined the Election Commission, he knew his days were numbered.

The Election Commission has decided to use EVMs in up to 150 parliamentary seats in the next general election though major opposition political parties still have no confidence in the voting machine.

The issue this country faces is not a lack of active political participation; people want to vote.

“Democracy will die if people don’t vote.” This is a very powerful statement from CEC Kazi Habibul Awal.

The Election Commission of Bangladesh has been mired in controversies over the last decade.

BNP MP Harunur Rashid today in parliament came down heavily on the Election Commission over its helplessness as the ruling party MP from Comilla-6 AKM Bahauddin Bahar did not leave his constituency despite instructions of the commission.

The Election Commission yesterday launched a countrywide campaign to update the voter list when the number of women voters is decreasing due to social and religious grounds and the absence of door-to-door drive over the last two years.

There is no question of participating in the next parliamentary election unless the current AL government resigns, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today, (May 8, 2022).

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has called upon all political parties to take part in the elections and flourish the democracy.

The Election Commission (EC) today filed a case against independent lawmaker Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, popularly known as Nixon Chowdhury, for violating the electoral code of conduct.

The Election Commission (EC) has approved the draft of Political Party Registration Act.

At least thirty-three complaints on election-time irregularities have been lodged with the Election Commission (EC) till this afternoon.

The Election Commission did not find any proof against the allegation of violating electoral code of conduct by Awami League-backed mayoral aspirant Atiqul Islam to Dhaka North City Corporation election scheduled for January 30.

Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad urges the Election Commission (EC) to hold Dhaka north and south city corporations’ elections on another date instead of January 30 as Saraswati Puja will be held on that day.

The Election Commission issues a show-cause notice to Awami League’s mayor candidate Atiqul Islam of Dhaka North City Corporation election over allegation of violating the electoral code of conduct.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expresses deep concern over the allegation of pocketing of Tk 2 crore against the top brass of the Election Commission (EC) in the name of delivering ‘special speech’ at training programmes for the December 30 national election and the upazila polls.

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed claims that the second phase of the upazila parishad election was held in a free, fair and peaceful manner.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to deploy army personnel in three hill districts during the second phase of upazila elections to be held on March 18.