Jatiya Party, the main opposition party in parliament, has nominated its mayoral candidates for city corporation polls in Gazipur, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal.

The United States has reiterated that it does not endorse one political party or candidate over another in Bangladesh

"I don't have anything else to get into that beyond as it's an internal, domestic election," said US State Department's Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel

The Election Commission (EC) will issue a show-cause notice to Azmat Ulla Khan, Awami League mayoral candidate in Gazipur City Corporation election, for allegedly violating the electoral code of conduct while submitting nomination papers

The returning officer, however, declared his mother Zaida Khatun's nomination valid

Awami League candidate Noman Al Mahmud won the Chattogram-8 by-polls yesterday.

Awami League candidate Noman Al Mahmud has won the Chattogram-8 by-polls today

Mohammad Jahangir Alam, suspended mayor of Gazipur City Corporation, this afternoon submitted his nomination papers to run for mayor as an independent

Voting in the Chatogram-8 by-polls began this morning amid a thin presence of voters.

The Election Commission is all set to hold the by-election to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon-part of Panchlaish) constituency today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they would allow observers from the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) in the upcoming general election

President-elect Mohammad Shahabuddin today dispelled any worry about the next general election saying that there is an independent election commission to make the voting impartial, participatory, and acceptable to all

The AL nominees are: Abul Khayer Abdullah in Barishal, Ajmatullah Khan in Gazipur; Khairuzzaman Liton in Rajshahi; Talukder Abdul Khalek in Khulna; and Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury in Sylhet

The Election Commission has rolled out stricter guidelines for journalists who will cover the next polls

The election to Gazipur City Corporation will be held on May 25, polls to Khulna and Barishal city corporations will take place on June 12, while Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations will go to polls on June 21

After getting an invitation from the chief election commissioner to a views-exchange meeting over the next general polls, the BNP said such talks are meaningless

The Election Commission today invited the BNP to a view-exchange meeting on the next national election, among other issues

The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to 13 pro-BNP lawyers including Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president candidate AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and secretary candidate Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal in three separate cases.

Police are yet to arrest the accused in a case filed over taking away a ballot unit of EVM outside a poling centre at Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila parishad by-polls held on Thursday

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir yesterday guaranteed that the next general election will be free and fair, and if they are not able to hold such polls, they will step down from their positions.