The Election Commission has decided to have an electoral enquiry committee in every constituency to ensure proper enforcement of the electoral code and prevent irregularities.

The Election Commission has directed all returning officers to prepare the panel of presiding officers, assistant presiding officers, and polling officers by November 22, ahead of the upcoming national polls.

PM tells BNP, Jamaat

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said all parties will have to demonstrate willingness and sincerity to stop violence, noting that election-centric violence is in a declining trend

4-member EU team expected soon

India has reiterated that the people of Bangladesh will decide about their election scheduled to be held on January 7 next year

The amounts a candidate can spend for electioneering on each voter and in total in the upcoming national election is the same as before, according to a notification from the Election Commission.

Former election commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain said shunning talks has pushed the country into uncertainty.

Prof Al Masud Hasanuzzaman, a former teacher of government and politics at the Jahangirnagar University, said chances of dialogue between political parties are almost nil as the Awami League has ruled out the possibility of talks.

Prof Harun-or-Rashid, former political science teacher at Dhaka University, said the country cannot afford an election like the ones held in 2014 and 2018.

The Election Commission today directed that nobody will be allowed to take part in the election campaign till December 18 as the EC will allocate the electoral symbol on that day

Dhaka Metropolitan Police today said police have successfully managed to thwart the attempts for widespread sabotage in the capital after the declaration of the election schedule

The government will continue to do its routine work till the national election and no policy decision will be taken during this time, said Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today..The minister made the remarks while replying to questions from reporters at his secr

The 12th general election will be on January 7, the Election Commission announced yesterday amid escalating tension between the major political parties over the polls-time government.

If the Election Commission cannot ensure free and fair elections, it could have at the very least prevented the process of “a potentially fraudulent polls”, said Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik.

Sharmeen S Murshid, an election analyst and the chief executive officer of election observation group Brotee, told The Daily Star that she had never seen such an atmosphere before an election in her 20-year career as an election observer.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday urged all political parties to find a solution to end the political impasse.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said nobody will be allowed to create barriers on the way of holding the national election, noting that the government is committed to arrange a "free and fair" election

The ruling Awami League welcomed the announcement of the election schedule and said the party would start selling nomination forms from November 17

AL and its alliance JSD welcome the announcement, while BNP and like-minded parties reject it