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Delhi assembly polls tomorrow

An estimated 1.48 crore people of Delhi are to be eligible to exercise their franchise when they elect a new 70-member assembly for the city-state at the end of a high-octane and sharply-polarised campaign over protests against amended citizenship law (CAA).
7 February 2020, 06:08 AM

One held over journo attack on DCC polls day

A man has been detained in connection with an attack on Mostafizur Rahman Sumon, a crime reporter at online news portal Agami News, on the day of the Dhaka City Corporation elections on Saturday.
6 February 2020, 06:18 AM

No case of vote rigging found by observers: Quader

The general secretary of ruling Awami League Obaidul Quader says no instance of vote rigging or forgery are reported by any foreign observers in the recently concluded Dhaka city polls.
5 February 2020, 10:34 AM

Elections failed badly due to EVMs: Ishraque

The elections failed badly due to EVMs (electronic voting machines), the paddy sheaf symbol was not even included in many of the machines, Ishraque Hossain alleges.
5 February 2020, 07:35 AM

We frame each budget with the election manifesto in mind: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh has attained an ability to advance further by competing any nation of the world and asserted that none can pull the country backward any more.
5 February 2020, 04:43 AM

Two years of Khaleda’s jail term: BNP announces rally on Saturday

The BNP to hold a rally in Dhaka city and stage demonstrations across the country on Saturday marking two years of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s imprisonment.
4 February 2020, 15:51 PM

Worthless election commissioners should resign: BNP MP Harunur Rashid

BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid today in parliament termed the election commissioners worthless and demanded their resignation for their “failure in arranging fair elections”.
4 February 2020, 14:12 PM

Voters’ apathy not good for democracy: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the apathy of voters during the recently held Dhaka city elections is not good for democracy.
4 February 2020, 10:02 AM

JU BCL men demand new committee

A section of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Jahangirnagar University is demonstrating on campus, demanding a new BCL committee.
4 February 2020, 09:38 AM

Results delayed as Iowa Democrats conduct caucus meetings to search for Trump 2020 challenger

Iowa Democrats met at caucus sites around the state to kick off what could be a bruising months-long national presidential nominating fight, but the results are delayed and still unreported more than three hours after the process began.
4 February 2020, 04:47 AM

BNP demo on Tuesday demanding cancellation of DCC polls results

After observing a day-long hartal, BNP announces fresh demonstrations in Dhaka city on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the results of elections to Dhaka south and north city corporations.
2 February 2020, 15:14 PM

Bogura BNP leader killing: police press charges against 14

Police submit charge sheet against 14 accused including a panel mayor of Bogura Municipality in a case filed over the murder of Mahbub Alam Shahin, a local BNP leader, in 2019.
2 February 2020, 13:32 PM

Hasan Mahmud states 3 reasons behind low voter turnout

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says longer public holidays, BNP’s publicity against electronic voting machines (EVMs) and their participation in city polls “as a form of movement” are the main reasons behind the poor voter turnout in the elections to two Dhaka city corporations.
2 February 2020, 10:59 AM

Govt prioritising vocational education: PM

The government has given utmost importance to vocational education as the world needs skilled manpower, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
2 February 2020, 09:16 AM

Momen thanks foreign missions for excluding local staffers from polls observer teams

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has thanked the foreign diplomatic missions in Dhaka for not including their local staffers in the election observation teams.
2 February 2020, 07:51 AM

Hartal makes little impact on city life

The dawn to dusk hartal enforced by BNP in Dhaka city, protesting “widespread irregularities” in the city corporation elections, is progressing peacefully with little impact on public life.
2 February 2020, 05:04 AM

‘Does voter turnout matter in results?’ -- EC Mahbub asks

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has said the voter turnout was less than 25 percent till last reported in the elections to the Dhaka north and south city corporations held today.
1 February 2020, 15:29 PM

BNP rejects city polls, calls hartal tomorrow in capital

BNP has called a daylong hartal -- from dawn till dusk -- tomorrow in Dhaka city, rejecting the results of Dhaka North and South City Corporation elections.
1 February 2020, 14:16 PM

AL, BNP activists clash in Nayapaltan

A group of Awami League men clashes with BNP activists in front of the latter’s Nayapaltan party office in the capital, hours after voting in Dhaka North and South City Corporations ends.
1 February 2020, 12:38 PM

BNP submits written complaint to EC over polls irregularities

BNP submits a written complaint to the Election Commission over irregularities centring the ongoing Dhaka North and South city corporation elections.
1 February 2020, 11:57 AM