Awami League candidate for Patuakhali-4 (Kalapara-Rangabali) constituency Muhibbur Rahman's brother was fined Tk 50,000 for violating polls code by arriving at a campaign in Patuakhali on a helicopter

Writes letter to the returning officer

A group of students of Dhaka University has observed a 4-day programme at the base of Raju Memorial sculpture on the campus demanding the national election under a non-partisan government

The Election Commission approved a total of 127 international observers to monitor the 12th national polls slated for January 7.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the countrymen to cast their votes in the January 7 parliamentary election to prove that democracy has been prevailing in the country.

From the untimely blare of loudspeakers to election camps mushrooming everywhere and the cityscape being marred by posters on every available surface, needless to say, electioneering is going on in full swing in the capital.

Two people were killed and at least 43 others injured as supporters of rival candidates clashed in six districts yesterday and on Wednesday night.

At least 246 of the 265 Awami League-nominated candidates have wealth over Tk 1 crore and 177 of them have at least Tk 5 crore, according to an analysis by Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan).

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday made an impassioned appeal to the people to keep her party in power for a straight fourth term.

The Election Commission will send ballot papers to around 93 percent of the 42,025 polling centres on election day morning.

The Election Commission has urged the foreign diplomats to objectively asses the outcome of the upcoming national election and form “correct views and opinions”.

Rab has started to use an On-site Identification and Verification System (OIVS) device to identify any criminal or suspect's records instantly for the first time during an election.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced a ban on the movement of taxicabs, lorries, microbuses, and trucks from January 6 at 12:00am to January 7 at 12:00am

The UN is closely watching the election process in Bangladesh, said UN Secretary-General's Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Niño today

Jatiyo Party Chairman GM Quader today said the country will face potential fallout if the January 7 elections are not held fairly and credibly

Awami League Joint General Secretary Hasan Mahmud today criticised the recent report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) on Bangladesh's political landscape

BNP leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan today said the government will suffer a crushing defeat in the "dummy election"

AL, independents dominant in all constituencies

An election campaign office of independent candidate Abdul Motalab for Chattogram-15 constituency was set on fire in the district’s Lohagara upazila today

'If I have made any mistakes along the way, my request to you is to look at those in a forgiving manner. If I can form the government again, I will get a chance to correct the mistakes. Give me an opportunity to serve you,' she says