The BNP has nominated Salauddin Ahmed to run for Dhaka-4 constituency and chose his son, Tanvir Ahmed, as a backup candidate.

Some lawmakers of the ruling Awami League and its allies had a huge increase in their moveable property over the last decade, their affidavits show.

The nomination paper submitted by Reza Kibria under Gonoforum for Habiganj-1 is rejected on loan default charges.

The Election Commission cancels 786 nominations during its scrutiny process before clearing candidates to contest for the general elections.

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed calls upon voters to cast their ballots in the election to free Khaleda Zia and rid the country from the oppressive rule.

Supporters of the nomination seekers of ruling Awami League and its alliance partner Jatiya Party block Dhaka-Sylhet highway putting barricades at two separate points in Brahmanbaria and Narsingdi as their desired candidates did not get party tickets.

Aggrieved supporters of Awami League leaders who were not nominated by the party, blocked roads and attacked homes while demonstrating in several districts yesterday.

The government agencies will soon start monitoring social media sites, including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, round-the-clock to check any smear campaign ahead of the December 30 parliamentary election.

Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked her party candidates to go to their electoral constituencies saying that the upcoming national election would be "competitive".

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court (HC) challenging the legality of the schedule for holding the 11th parliamentary election without dissolving the parliament.

Election commissioners ask the executive magistrates to act without any bias while discharging their duties during the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain is to brief journalists about the country's overall political situation and election atmosphere.

Many leaders and activists of opposition BNP are eagerly waiting to join the Awami League, the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.

Even the prime minister will not be able to lay the foundation of any new project now as per the electoral code of conduct, Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed says.

In response to Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed’s remark that the EC will not take any random allegations against its officials and police into cognisance, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the party’s allegations are clear and specific.

The Election Commission will monitor the social media platforms, especially Facebook, to prevent spread of propaganda ahead of 11th parliamentary election scheduled for December 30, EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed says.

The BNP submits a list of five detained nomination aspirants of the party to the Election Commission. The party also sends a letter to the commission urging the constitutional body to immediately release of the leaders.

Local administration officials had to pull down campaign materials in several places across the country yesterday as many parliamentary aspirants didn't remove their posters and banners within the Sunday deadline.

Separate electoral symbols were reserved for all the political parties when they registered with the Election Commission in 2008. Their candidates are supposed to run for elections with own symbols.

The clash between BNP men and law enforcers in front of the party’s central office at Dhaka’s Naya Paltan on November 14 was premeditated on BNP’s part, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Chief Monirul Islam says.