An assistant presiding officer has been caught red handed while taking bribe of Tk 25,000 at a polling centre under Jamalpur-2 constituency. Locals, later, handed him over to law enforcement agencies. The incident happened at 11pm on Saturday at Harindhora Government Primary School under Kulkandi Union. After that, the incident went viral in social media. Around 1am on Sunday, executive ...

Chief Election Commissioner CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has directed to arrest Industries Minister Nurul Mazid Mahmud Humayun’s son Manzurul Mazid Mahmud Saadi on charge of casting fake votes on ‘Boat’ symbol taking away a ballot book at a centre in Narsingdi-4 (Belabo-Narsingdi) seat. The CEC gave the directive to the local administration at 11:00am on Sunday. He also asked the ...

Voting at a polling centre in Narsingdi-4 constituency (Monohardi-Belabo) has been cancelled due to allegations of irregularities. Voting at Ibrahimpur Government Primary School in Sallabad union of Belabo upazila was cancelled at 8:40 am, shortly after voting began today, said District Returning Officer Dr Badiul Alam. The returning officer stated that the voting was cancelled due to allegations of ballot-stuffing. ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal cast his vote at Habibullah Bahar University College center in the city on Sunday morning, expressing his hope that the peaceful voting will be held across the country. “Every five years, national election comes. We complete the election process with coordinated efforts of all,” he told reporters after exercising his franchise around 8.30am. ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cast her vote at Dhaka City College in the capital on Sunday morning. She was accompanied by her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and sister Sheikh Rehana. Sheikh Hasina came to the polling centre before 7:55am amid tight security. Putul also voted there. Dhaka City College centre falls under Dhaka-10 constituency comprising Dhanmondi, ...

The long awaited voting in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad elections begins at 8:00am today (Sunday) and continue till 4:00pm without any break at 261,912 polling booths in 42,024 voting centres across the country. A large number of male and female voters throng the voting centres to cast their ballots braving cold and windy weather. They were found waiting in long ...

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has called upon the voters to exercise their voting rights freely braving all fears and concerns. “I urge all voters to cast your valuable votes to your favorite candidate freely and fearlessly tomorrow (Sunday),” the CEC said in a televised address to the nation on Saturday (January 6) evening. “Cast your vote with enthusiasm ...

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday expressed the hope that the 12th parliamentary election will be credible nationally and internationally. “Credibility is a relative matter. But, we from our part would try making the election a widely credible one. We are optimistic that the election would be credible at home and abroad,” he said while addressing a pre-election ...

The Election Commission (EC) has completed all preparations to hold the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections in a free, fair and peaceful manner in all but one constituency simultaneously across the countryn Sunday (January 7). EC officials said 11,96,89,289 voters, including 6,76,09,741 male, 5,89,18,699 female and 849 transgender, will vote to elect 299 members of parliament out of 300 as ...

BNP leader Mohammad Nabi Ullah and four others have been arrested by the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in connection with Benapole Express train fire incident. Nabi was picked up by plain clothes police from a house in Uttara Sector-11 at about 12:30am, according to Nabi’s family members. Confirming the arrested news, DMP Additional Commissioner Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid said Mohammad ...