Gazipur city corporation election

Will Zaida Khatun run GCC based on her son's advice?

The mayor-elect of Gazipur City Corporation talks to The Daily Star about her future plans
30 May 2023, 12:44 PM

AL loses in its bastion

It all happened quietly. There were hardly any polling agents for Zaida Khatun. Even her supporters could barely be seen in the largest city corporation of the country. Even during the campaign, her posters were rarely seen.
26 May 2023, 01:10 AM

GCC polls: Zahangir's reaction on announcement of results

Former Gazipur mayor Zahangir Alam expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in publishing of election results to the Gazipur City Corporation
25 May 2023, 15:23 PM

EC satisfied with GCC polls

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said they are satisfied with the way the election was held in Gazipur City Corporation today.
25 May 2023, 12:02 PM

Voting closes with no reports of violence

Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation election ended after eight hours, during which there was no report of violence. .Counting of votes began shortly after balloting ended at 4:00pm.However, the presence of the ruling Awami League was overwhelming inside and outside some polling ce
25 May 2023, 10:19 AM

2 arrested for entering 'secret voting area', influencing voting

Two people were arrested for influencing voting by entering the "secret voting area" at two different centres during the Gazipur City Corporation polls.
25 May 2023, 08:00 AM

AL presence dominant inside and outside polling centres

The presence of the ruling Awami League was overwhelming inside and outside some polling centres in the first four hours of voting in the Gazipur City Corporation election today
25 May 2023, 07:02 AM

Long lines of voters indicative of participatory election: Azmat Ullah

Awami League mayoral candidate Azmat Ullah Khan expressed his hope to triumph Gazipur City Corporation polls.
25 May 2023, 05:53 AM

Voting went on peacefully in first 2.5 hours: EC

Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation election has been going on peacefully in the first first two and a half hours of polling, said Election Commissioner Md Alamgir
25 May 2023, 04:59 AM

EC monitoring elections thru 4435 CCTV cameras

The Election Commission (EC) is monitoring Gazipur City Corporation elections through CCTV cameras
25 May 2023, 04:03 AM

Blue-collar voters may hold the key

The time for electioneering in the Gazipur City Corporation election ended at midnight with very little campaigning done by candidates running for the mayor’s office.
24 May 2023, 01:20 AM

Gazipur City Corporation: Polls on Thursday, yet voters unenthused

If a person travels to Gazipur city, he or she may not realise that the election to the largest city in Bangladesh is on Thursday.
23 May 2023, 01:20 AM

No comment on Zahangir till there is party decision: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today declined to comment on former Gazipur City AL General Secretary Zahangir Alam's actions surrounding the Gazipur city polls until the party takes a decision in this regard.
10 May 2023, 07:13 AM

Gazipur win heralds future victory for AL

Ruling Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said the wins of Awami League candidates in the recently concluded Gazipur City Corporation election is showing the path for the party's victory in polls.
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM

'Picked up before polls, freed after'

It was around 7:30am on Tuesday, barely half an hour before the start of voting in the Gazipur City Corporation election.
28 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Electioneering of GCC polls formally begins

A month and a half after sudden stay on polls, the election campaign of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) starts formally again.
18 June 2018, 11:29 AM

GCC polls: CEC meets Gazipur SP, Dhaka DIG

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda holds a meeting with the Superintend of Police in Gazipur Harun-ur-Rashid and Dhaka range Deputy Inspector General Abdullah Al Mamun at Nirbachan Bhaban.
14 June 2018, 08:46 AM

Gazipur city polls June 26

Election Commission sets June 26 for Gazipur City Corporation election.
13 May 2018, 10:52 AM

GCC polls: EC seeks stay on HC order

The Election Commission files a petition with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order the that stayed the process for holding Gazipur City Corporation election.
9 May 2018, 08:22 AM

SC defers hearing on pleas over GCC polls’ stay order

The Supreme Court defers for a day the hearing on the petitions seeking stay on the HC order that halted the process for holding Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election.
9 May 2018, 04:57 AM