The election enquiry committee today served a show cause notice against Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan for violating the electoral code of conduct by allegedly threatening voters during the election campaign

Armed forces will be deployed on the ground for eight days from January 3 to 10 January to perform election duties

The Election Commission has decided to withdraw Debi Chanda, deputy commissioner of Habiganj, who has been working as the Returning Officer for the upcoming election slated for January 7

The Election Commission has invited heads of embassies and missions in Bangladesh and the resident representative of UNDP for a meeting on January 4 to brief them about the upcoming national election

Less than two weeks out from the election, candidates are campaigning hard to woo voters and secure victory in the 12th National Election on January 7, 2024

BNP will distribute leaflets on December 26, 27 and 28 and conduct mass contact programmes to drum up support in favour of their campaign to boycott the January 7 national election

The outcome that the BNP and its allies are hoping for is what the AL had achieved in 1996

It asks countrymen to boycott election, not to pay taxes

The BNP and like-minded political parties are likely to start campaigns on Friday to dissuade voters from casting ballots on January 7, said party sources.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said BNP and its allies can't win peoples' hearts through arson terrorism and killing

The Election Commission asked the government to take necessary steps so that no one can take up or enforce any political programmes other than what is needed for electioneering from December 18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the ruling Awami League, will formally kick off the election campaign of the ruling party from a rally in Sylhet likely to be held on December 20.

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The nominations of Bikalpa Dhara candidate Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury and two other candidates from Munshiganj-1 for the upcoming national election were cancelled this morning

Candidates of 30 out of 44 registered political parties have submitted nomination papers for the January 7 national election

The deadline for the submission of nomination papers ended at 4:00pm today

The Awami League has decided to bank on the same candidates in 16 districts for the 2024 national elections slated to be held on January 7.

The ruling Awami League has introduced new candidates for nine out of 20 constituencies in Dhaka for the 12th national election.

Sons of four incumbent Awami League lawmakers have been picked to vie in the upcoming 12th parliamentary election from the constituencies their fathers were elected in the last national polls held in 2018

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