Says Badiul Alam Majumdar after a discussion

Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin and four other election commissioners will take oath at the Supreme Court today.

The newly appointed chief election commissioner and four other election commissioners will take oath tomorrow.

Editors and senior journalists from different media outlets yesterday recommended increasing women’s seats in parliament, electing representatives to those seats through direct vote, and punishing those responsible for irregularities in the last three national elections.

Will leave no stone unturned for ensuring a free, fair and credible national polls, says AMM Nasir Uddin

Journalists have proposed increasing the number of parliamentary seats and introducing direct elections to reserved women’s seats to promote inclusivity and women’s empowerment.

Chairman of the Election Reform Commission Badiul Alam Majumdar has called for political consensus on the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs), citing ongoing concerns over their reliability and potential for misuse

The new Election Commission will be composed of "honest, fearless, and efficient individuals," Cabinet Secretary Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid said today, following the inaugural meeting of the search committee chaired by Appellate Division Judge Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury

A gazette revealing the members of this committee was released today

A gazette notification was issued today regarding the formation of the six-member search committee led by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury to constitute a new Election Commission

In a major development, the interim government yesterday formed a six-member search committee led by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, to constitute a new Election Commission.

The Election Commission should be formed based on political consensus, involving all political parties, media, and civil society members, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

There is no legal bar for Ganasamhati Andolon to get registered as a political party, said the party’s lawyer Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua today

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said his party is optimistic that the interim government led by Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus will hold an election by restoring stability soon in the country.

The secretary general of BNP urges interim govt to promptly sit with political parties to prevent "misunderstanding"

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Ashraf-Ul-Alam, special correspondent of daily Ajker Patrika, and Moneruzzaman Mission, senior reporter of daily New Age, have been elected president and general secretary of the Law Reporters Forum (LRF) respectively for 2024-2025

Sunamganj’s Madhyanagar Upazila Parishad Chairman Abdur Razzak Bhuiyan and 19 other people have been sued over the post-polls violence that left seven people injured on June 7

The conference room was vandalised during the clash in presence of election officers and police, say witnesses

A local journalist was allegedly assaulted by a defeated upazila vice-chairman candidate and her supporters in Bakshiganj upazila, Jamalpur early yesterday.