Much debate has been brewing in the media and in political forums about the on-going Union Parishad (UP) elections.

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.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleges that the electoral scenario in the country had worsened further.

Election Commission withholds all process for holding elections to all the 16 union councils of Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a workers’ rally in Dhaka on May 1 on the occasion of May Day.

Senior BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the third phase of union parishad (UP) elections were also marred by “massive vote rigging and irregularities”, like the first and second phases.

Chief Election Commission Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed claims that voting in the third phase of Union Parishad (UP) elections was held in a free, fair and congenial atmosphere.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with the top leaders of 20-party alliance to decide whether it will participate in the Union Parishad elections.

A Jubo League activist dies at a hospital, a day after he sustained injuries in a clash between supporters of victorious and defeated candidates in the union parishad elections in Sonatola upazila of Bogra yesterday.

We are deeply shocked and saddened at the tragic death of a ten-year-old who was caught in the crossfire between supporters of rival candidates at the union parishad (UP) elections in Keraniganj.

Voting at a polling centre in Nayanagar union of Jamalpur's Melandah upazila suspended as miscreants tried to snatch ballot boxes before the second phase of the union parishad polls started. Meanwhile, a clash between supporters of two candidates disrupts voting at a polling centre in Daulatpur of Kushtia.

The first phase of union parishad (UP) elections saw widespread violence that left 10 persons killed and a thousand others wounded.

Turnout in the first phase of Union Parishad elections was about 74 percent, says Election Commission Secretary Sirazul Islam.

Voting in 717 Union Parishads (UPs) in 37 districts of the country ends at 4pm today amid various irregularities and sporadic violence in various districts.

Parliamentary opposition Jatiya Party files a complaint with the Election Commission dissatisfied with the voting at union parishad election.

A security guard deployed for the union parishad election in Barisal’s Banaripara upazila “accidentally shot himself” this morning, an election officer said.

Two presiding officers are shot in Noakhali as reports of gunfire came from voting centres in Patuakhali and Satkhira during the first phase of union parishad elections.

A man is killed and 12 others injured in a clash between supporters of Awami League-backed and rebel candidates over campaigns for the upcoming union parishad (UP) election in Bera upazila of Pabna on Saturday night

Third phase of Union Parishad elections to 681 UPs will be held across the country on April 23, Election Commission announces.

The Election Commission cancels the polls schedule for 12 union parishads in the second-phase of the election scheduled to be held on March 31.