Bangladesh

Six candidates from the National Citizen Party (NCP) have secured victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election. The winning candidates are the party’s Convener and Dhaka-11 constituency candidate Nahid Islam; Member Secretary and Rangpur-4 seat candidate Akhtar Hossain; Chief Organizer for the southern region and Cumilla-4 constituency candidate Hasnat Abdullah; Joint Chief Coordinator and Noakhali-6 constituency candidate Hannan Masud; Atikur ...

The Election Commission on Friday said the voter turnout in the 13th national parliamentary election and referendum stood at 59.44 %. The information was formally disclosed at around 11:30am at the Election Commission Secretariat by the EC’s public relations director. He said the turnout figure was calculated based on data received from polling centres across the country. Although final reports ...

Tasnim Jara, who left the National Citizen Party (NCP) to run independently in Dhaka-9, has finished third in the constituency. According to returning officer Sharaf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury’s declaration, BNP candidate Habibur Rashid Habib won the seat with 111,212 votes, whileNCP’s Mohammad Javed Mia of the NCP came second with 53,460 votes. Tasnim Jara, who ran with the football symbol, ...

Bangladesh is set to have a male Prime Minister for the first time in about 35 years, following the unofficial results of the 13th National Parliamentary Election that show a landslide victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its alliance. According to the preliminary results, the BNP-led alliance has secured a majority of seats and is moving toward forming ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday described the just-concluded national parliamentary election as “credible, neutral and largely successful,” expressing gratitude to voters, political parties, law enforcement agencies, and media personnel for their cooperation. Speaking at a post-election briefing attended by fellow commissioners, the senior secretary, political leaders, prominent lawyers of the Supreme Court, and journalists, Nasir Uddin ...

Hasnat Abdullah is set to become Member of Parliament for Cumilla-4 (Debidwar) after his main contender, BNP-backed Md A Jasim Uddin, withdrew from the election, citing widespread irregularities and threats at polling centres. Jasim made the announcement live shortly after voting concluded, effectively clearing the way for Hasnat Abdullah, representative of 11-party alliance, to likely win the seat. He alleged ...

The voting in 13th National Parliament Election and the Referendum concluded peacefully at 4:30 pm today. Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said around 48 percent voter turnout was recorded till 2 pm nationwide. Earlier, voting began at 7:30 am across 42,779 polling centres in 299 constituencies nationwide. A total of 12,77,11,793 voters were registered to cast their ballots, ...

Chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus cast his vote at 10:25am on Thursday at Gulshan Model School and College polling centre in the capital. Speaking to the nation after voting, he said the country had embarked on a historic journey through the current process, creating an opportunity to build a “new Bangladesh”. He described the day ...

BNP Chairman and Dhaka-17 candidate Tarique Rahman cast his vote at the Gulshan Model School and College polling centre on Thursday. He was accompanied by his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, and their daughter, Barrister Zaima Rahman. Earlier, at around 9:35am, Tarique Rahman entered the polling centre with his family to exercise his franchise in the 13th National Parliamentary Election and ...

Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the smooth beginning of vote casting at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and hoped that this trend would continue throughout the day. “So far so good,” the Chairperson and former President of Ghana told reporters after observing the opening of polls. Earlier, he said it will be ...