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UP polls: Clashes halt voting at 5 centres
Voting at five polling centres are suspended due to violence in two districts and 13 BNP chairman candidates boycotted polls in three districts during the fifth phase of union parishad election.
28 May 2016, 03:40 AM
5th UP polls: Vote counting begins
Vote counting begins in the fifth phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections held in 717 unions of 47 districts.
28 May 2016, 02:14 AM
717 UPs go to polls today in 5th phase
Some 717 unions of 45 districts will go to polls today in the fifth phase against the backdrop of deadly violence during electioneering
27 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Deaths in UP polls violence broke all records: Shujon
Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujon) claims that deaths in violence centering the ongoing union parishad elections have broken all previous records.
26 May 2016, 07:26 AM
6 shot in Munshiganj pre-polls violence
At least six people have been bullet-hit in a pre-election violence in Munshiganj’s Sadar upazila ahead of union parishad election this Saturday.
25 May 2016, 05:20 AM
UP chairman candidate stabbed in Rajshahi
An Awami League (AL) rebel chairman candidate is stabbed at Kismat Gonokoir union of Durgapur upazila in Rajshahi.
13 May 2016, 15:44 PM
UP polls violence victim dies in Rajshahi
A man, who was critically injured in violence over the fourth phase of the union parishad polls held on May 7, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
12 May 2016, 05:24 AM
Independents, rebels lobby for fair polls
As an independent chairman candidate in the ongoing Union Parishad polls, she does not want any extra favour; rather her
10 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Ominous sign
The ongoing Union Parishad polls have become the bloodiest election in Bangladesh history.
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM
UP poll violence: 2 injured victims die
Two persons, who were injured in separate clashes in Thakurgaon and Gaibandha during the fourth union parishad elections, die.
8 May 2016, 05:44 AM
6 killed in Bangladesh as violence, irregularities mark vote
Many incidents of violence and irregularities marked the voting in the fourth phase of the union parishad polls yesterday as
7 May 2016, 18:00 PM
UP polls: 12 election officials detained for irregularities, negligence in duty
Law enforcement agencies and mobile courts detain at least five presiding officers and seven assistant presiding officers for their alleged involvement in irregularities and negligence in their duties during the fourth phase of the Union Parishad election.
7 May 2016, 14:07 PM
Ctg BCL leader held with gun during voting
A leader of Chittagong city unit Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League’s student affiliate, was held with gun during union parishad voting in Hathazari upazila.
7 May 2016, 05:23 AM
Vote rigging at Comilla station, polling suspended
Voting at a polling station in Comilla suspended for stamping ballot papers in favour of Awami League candidate hours before the fourth phase of union parishad election started.
7 May 2016, 03:21 AM
4th UP polls: Vote counting begins
Vote counting begins in the fourth phase of union parishad elections in 703 unions of 47 districts today.
7 May 2016, 02:24 AM
UP polls: 4th phase of voting today
Another 703 unions of 47 districts go to polls in the fourth phase today amid tension and fear of violence as many ruling Awami
6 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Rejoinder, our reply
Fazlur Rahim, the presiding officer of 74 Panchpukuria Govt Primary School polling centre of Sundorpur union parishad in Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong, has sent a rejoinder to a photo published in The Daily Star on April 24.
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Pre-poll violence: 5 held over Kushtia AL man killing
Police detain five activists of Awami League in connection with the killing of another activist in a pre-poll violence in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
29 April 2016, 07:57 AM
AL man killed in Kushtia pre-poll violence
An activist of ruling Awami League is killed in a clash between supporters of two chairman candidates contesting the upcoming fourth phase union parishad (UP) elections in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
28 April 2016, 06:05 AM
UP polls violence kills 2, injures 60
At least two people were killed and 60 others injured in violence over Union Parishad polls in the last two days.
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM