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National Election 2024
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National Election 2024
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27 January 2026, 20:59 PM
National Election 2024
EC meets today to set course for polls, referendum
6 December 2025, 18:00 PM
National Election 2024
‘Will resist anyone trying to influence upazila polls’
27 April 2024, 15:45 PM
National Election 2024
'EC won’t bow down to any evil force'
21 April 2024, 16:41 PM
National Election 2024
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17 March 2024, 18:00 PM
National Election 2024
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17 March 2024, 18:00 PM
National Election 2024
Polls Code Breach: MP Bachchu gets bail
18 February 2024, 18:00 PM
National Election 2024
‘AL eligible for 48 out of 50 reserved seats in JS’
31 January 2024, 13:29 PM
National Election 2024
Turnout galloped as day wore on
In some constituencies, the voter turnout in the afternoon was supposedly four and a half times that of the morning but it could not go passed 40 percent.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
BCL men cast votes taking over DU centre
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly cast multiple votes for the “boat” symbol forcibly entering the Curzon Hall polling centre at Dhaka University yesterday.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
People shunned stage-managed election: BNP
BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moyeen Khan yesterday claimed the party’s call for boycotting the 12th parliamentary election was “successful”.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Blank result sheet signed even before counting began!
Supporters of an independent candidate from Dhaka-14 yesterday alleged that signatures of polling agents were taken on the result sheet before voting ended at a polling centre in Kalyanpur Girls School.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
JP slumps to its worst showing
The Jatiya Party suffered a debacle in yesterday’s national polls as it won only 11 seats, sources at the party chairman’s office said.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Mostly peaceful but not festive
Dhaka, usually a cacophony of honking horns, blaring rickshaw bells, and the incessant hum of human activity, wore an almost deserted look yesterday during the national polls.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Polling officials find other ways to keep busy
It was 3:12pm and the voting was well underway at Model High School and College in Jatrabari’s Dania area.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Never seen polls with so few voters’
Ghorai Chandra Das, an Ansar member stationed at Fulbaria Govt Primary School centre, has been providing security during national elections for the last 40 years.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
One killed, 29 hurt in clashes, attacks
Clashes, attacks on rival camps and crude bomb blasts left one person killed, 50 others injured, marring the 12th national election yesterday.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Two ‘boat’ agents in one booth!
It was 9:09am at Mitali Bidyapith in Dhaka-6 constituency yesterday.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
AL helps itself to fourth straight win
As predicted, Awami League has won a record fourth straight term in an election that saw the second lowest voter turnout since the restoration of democracy in 1991.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
AL men crowd polling centres
There was a large presence of Awami League supporters inside and outside some polling centres in the first four hours of voting in the Dhaka-6 constituency yesterday.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Ballot Stuffing Attempt: 2 Star reporters cornered for bearing witness
Around 1:50pm, a group of youths were seen forming an orderly queue to enter the polling centre in Segunbagicha High School under Dhaka-8 constituency to cast their votes.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Show ink mark to get ration card’
There are 27,301 voters in the Korail slum of Dhaka-17 constituency.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
'How could The Daily Star come here?'
The final minutes of voting in Dhaka as seen by two journalists
7 January 2024, 16:38 PM
Asaduzzaman Noor wins Nilphamari-2
Noor bagged 1,19,339 votes while his nearest rival independent candidate Joynal Abedin secured 15,684 votes
7 January 2024, 16:38 PM
Speaker Shirin Sharmin wins from Rangpur-6
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been elected unofficially from Rangpur 6 constituency.
7 January 2024, 16:13 PM
Rangpur-3: GM Quader secures win
The opposition leader of the parliament got 81,861 with plough symbol. His nearest rival independent candidate Anwara Islam Rani with eagle symbol got 23,326 votes
7 January 2024, 15:48 PM
Rizvi hails voters for 'boycotting dummy' election
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today congratulated the voters for boycotting the national elections
7 January 2024, 15:41 PM
Hasina wins Gopalganj-3
She bagged 2,49,965 votes in her constituency while her nearest rival M Nizam Uddin Lascar from Bangladesh Supreme Party secured 469 votes
7 January 2024, 15:39 PM