A total of 22,000 local observers from 96 registered organisations have applied to monitor the January 7 national polls, according to the Election Commission.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday urged all field-level administration officials to remain vigilant to ensure a free and fair 12th parliamentary election on January 7.

Violence marred the first five days of election campaigns across different constituencies in Chattogram.

With electioneering going on in full swing, Awami League and independent candidates were seen conducting their campaigns in a vibrant and festive ambience in the constituencies of Dinajpur and Rangpur.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader started campaigning in his Noakhali-5 constituency today

Amid increasing acts of sabotage, Bangladesh Railway has suspended movements of five trains on several routes

Members of the armed forces will be deployed for 13 days for election duty from December 29 to January 10, said home ministry

A spate of violence in the first five days of the election campaigning has left voters worried in Chattogram

A team of 15-17 security members to guard each polling station

Some other vehicles are to be banned for two days

Home ministry issues gazette to conduct polls in a peaceful manner

Rashida met with the candidates of five constituencies at a views exchange meeting at the Pabna deputy commissioner's office

The electoral enquiry committee has issued a show-cause notice to local Awami League leader Abu Bakkar Siddik Shamol for attacking Lalmonrhat-1 independent candidate Ataur Rahman Prodhan and vandalising his car and election office at Hatibandha yesterday.

The electoral enquiry committee has issued a show-cause notice to Dhaka-19 independent candidate Talukdar Tauhid Jang Murad, a former Awami League lawmaker, for breaching the electoral code of conduct.

The election enquiry committee has issued a show cause notice against AKM Bahauddin Bahar, Awami League candidate for Cumilla-6 constituency, for breaching the electoral code of conduct.

Panchagarh Awami League President Nurul Islam Sujan, also railways minister, said Anwar Sadat Samrat would be removed from the post of AL general secretary of the district for running as an independent in the January 7 national election

Awami League candidate of Rajshahi-1 constituency Omor Faruk Chowdhury on Wednesday likened AL independent candidates to anti-liberation war forces of 1971

The Election Commission accepts the aspirants’ wealth statements but never takes any initiative to properly verify the accounts.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for maintaining peace during campaigning for the January 7 national election.

Jatiya Party will introduce provincial governments if it comes to power, JP Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu said yesterday.