Deputy Commissioner of Habiganj Debi Chandra has been transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, just a few days prior to the national parliamentary elections slated for January 7

Although the successors of two political parties are competing for the Munshiganj-1 constituency, their campaign has fallen short in gaining traction among the voters compared to their rivals from the Awami League and an independent candidate from within the AL.

The Awami League’s election manifesto says the party will work on 11 key areas to make Bangladesh a smart country by 2041.

AK Azad, a local Awami League leader running for parliament as an independent in Faridpur-3, yesterday alleged that 20 of his supporters were assaulted and his makeshift campaign offices were vandalised by his party nominee Shamim Haque’s men.

The Election Commission yesterday fined three Awami League candidates between Tk 20,000 and Tk 1 lakh for violating the electoral code of conduct.

At least five people, including an independent aspirant for Joypurhat-2, were injured in a clash between the supporters of the Awami League nominee and the independent candidate in Joypurhat’s in Khetlal upazila on Tuesday night.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for Shahjahan Omar, the Jhalakathi-1 Awami League candidate who recently left BNP, to contest the January 7 election.

The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Election Commission to allow candidates of two factions of Gonotantri Party, member of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance, to contest the January 7 parliamentary elections.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said crores of people are eagerly waiting to cast their votes in the January 7 polls.

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a pro-BNP lawyers’ organisation, will boycott all the courts across the country from January 1 to 7 in protest against what they called holding of dummy elections and convicting party activists in fabricated cases.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Dhaka wants to demonstrate that it can hold a free, fair, and acceptable election.

Awami League candidates in three constituencies of Khulna have found themselves in an uncomfortable situation, facing independent candidates from the same party who are likely to give them tough competition in the upcoming national elections.

The fate of two Awami League candidates -- Enamul Haque Babul, contesting for Jashore-4, and Shamim Haque, running for Faridpur-3 -- will be decided on January 2.

­­Awami League candidates in Netrakona-1 and 5 are set to face challenges from their independent party colleagues, while the AL ticket holder in Netrakona-4 is likely to have a smooth sailing for lack of a strong opponent in the upcoming national polls.

Most BNP leaders and activists in Chattogram went into hiding to evade arrest or “police harassment” since the incidents of violence during the party’s rally on October 28.

Awami League candidates in three constituencies of Khulna have found themselves in an uncomfortable situation, facing independent candidates from the same party who are likely to give them tough competition in the upcoming national elections

An independent candidate from Khulna has openly threatened to shoot the supporters of his Awami League nominated rival.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said crores of people are eagerly waiting to cast their votes in the January 7 polls

Stating that an election without voters is meaningless, Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana today said it’s the responsibility of participating candidates to mobilise voters

BNP’s senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan today urged the country’s people not to be part of a lopsided and dummy election that is meant to extend the term of illegal power of the Awami League government