Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday cancelled the AL nominations for Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and incumbent Mohammed Shamsul Hoque Bhuiyan of Chandpur, AL sources said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down heavily on Dr Kamal Hossain and his associates for joining hands with BNP.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina comes down heavily on Dr Kamal Hossain and some civil society members for joining hands with BNP-Jamaat nexus, saying they have gone under the leadership of convicted persons.

Thirty aspirants of Workers Party including the party President Rashed Khan Menon submit their nomination papers to the returning officers.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has criticised the High Court order that stops the path of the convicts with more than two years in jail from participating in the election.

Ruling AL has given 47 seats to HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party for contesting in the upcoming polls. The Daily Star obtained a copy of the candidates and the constituencies they will be contesting for. Take a look inside to know more about the candidates.

BNP resumes the distribution of nomination letters for the second day and is planning to complete the whole process today.

The Election Commission has sent a letter to returning officers and local administrations saying that it did not impose any restriction on arranging any religious gathering or waz mahfil ahead of the national election.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who is currently admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, is likely to fly to Singapore for better treatment, party sources say.

Nominations are not being given based on alliance but on political parties, said Gonoforum president Dr Kamal Hossain.

Prof Abu Sayeed, former Awami League state minister for information, joined the Gonoforum, a component of the Jatiya Oikyafront, yesterday and collected the party's nomination form to contest the upcoming national polls from Pabna-1.

The High Court grants six months’ bail to BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Mia in a corruption case in which he was recently convicted and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a lower court.

Electronic voting machines will be used in Dhaka-6 and-13, Chattogram-9, Rangpur-3, Khulna-2 and Satkhira-2 constituencies in the upcoming parliamentary election.

Popular singers Rumana Islam Kanak Chapa and Baby Nazneen receive nomination letters from BNP to contest the 11th parliamentary elections.

The High Court grants six weeks’ anticipatory bail to BNP chairperson’s adviser Shawkat Mahmud in 10 separate criminal cases filed on different charges.

BNP sends a letter to the Election Commission urging it to take steps against the use of Awami League’s slogans in different executive orders of the government.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the list of the 14-party alliance candidates in the 11th parliamentary election will be made public after December 2.

Golam Maola Rony, who was Awami League lawmaker of the Patuakhali-3 constituency, joins BNP to contest the 11th parliamentary election under the party banner.

Jatiya Party (JP) starts distribution of its nomination letters to its candidates for the upcoming 11th parliamentary election slated to be held on December 30.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir breaks down in tears remembering the party Chief Khaleda Zia as he begins handing out the party’s nomination to chosen candidates.