Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday demanded that the safety of minorities is ensured before and after the national polls.

The Election Commission has asked the Ministry of Public Administration to take steps to appoint executive magistrates to enforce electoral code of conduct

A total of 557 aspirants of the Jatiya Party collected nomination papers today, as the party started selling those..The sale of nomination papers comes as the party is still mulling whether to join the polls. .The main opposition party in parliament earned Tk 1.67 crore through selli

Even as Jatiya Party started selling nomination papers for the 12th parliamentary election today, its Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu said they were yet to take a final decision on whether to join the January 7 polls

Says Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana

The Election Commission has asked aspiring candidates for the 12th national parliamentary election to remove posters, banners, paintings, billboards, arches, pandals, lightings, and other campaign materials at their own cost.

The Election Commission will have more time to scrutinise nomination forms and dispose of appeals this time than in the previous national elections.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam yesterday said no one would be able to obstruct the upcoming national election.

Aiming to increase voter turnout and “resist” those who’ll try to “destroy the festivity of polls,” the Awami League-backed student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League will form a 20-member team for each polling centre across the country.

Says Shahriar Alam

The Awami League has sold a total of 2,286 nomination forms in two days for the 12th parliamentary elections

The nomination papers will be sold from the JP chairman's Banani office from 11:00pm

A huge crowd of nomination aspirants and supporters had arrived at the office in droves on the second day as well

The Election Commission will have more time to scrutinise nomination forms and dispose of appeals this time than in the previous few national elections.

Meets CEC and 4 ECs

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami challenging a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration with the Election Commission as a political party

Raushan's meeting with the president is taking place at a time when a fresh rift opened in JP again centring on participating in the January 7 national polls.

The Election Commission has suspended two presiding officers for two months following an investigation into the allegations of irregularities at multiple polling centres during the Brahmanbaria-2 by-polls.

The ruling Awami League has sold 1,074 nomination forms for the 12th National Assembly Election after party chief Sheikh Hasina kicked off the sales today

His personal assistant collected the forms on his behalf for Magura 1, Magura 2, and Dhaka 10 constituencies