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Just after 9:00am on Friday, independent Dhaka-9 candidate Tasnim Jara stepped into the narrow lanes of Goran Bazar in Khilgaon with around 15 volunteers by her side.

In the run-up to February 12 polls, Shakeel Anwar visits outlying constituencies to hear directly from voters about their hopes, demands and expectations.

Political parties have failed women and the spirit of July uprising.

EC sent 766,862 postal ballots to voters living abroad

Abul Hossain has been running a roadside shop in Khilgaon for decades.

Experts say this only underscores how far the country still lags in ensuring gender parity in politics

The manifesto, titled “Declaration of Youth and Dignity”, was announced yesterday afternoon at the Lakeshore Grand Hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka.

BNP chief addresses Rangpur rally following visit to Shaheed Abu Sayed’s grave

Malaysia to send the largest contingent with 14 observers

Dhaka-12, as a constituency, can be defined by a high-density corridor where industry, commerce, and community intersect.

US magazine highlights BNP chairman’s political positioning, exile return and reform agenda ahead polls

The scale of internal defiance has triggered questions about BNP’s ability to enforce organisational discipline even as it confronts rival parties.

As Bangladesh moves towards the February 12 national election, women, who make up half the electorate, say political rhetoric no longer moves them.

Brent Christensen says Washington will work with any government elected by the Bangladeshi people

All 1,981 candidates contesting the upcoming February 12 polls have declared their election expenditures in their affidavits, bringing the combined total to a little under Tk 400 crore.

As part of my series on voices from the ground ahead of the February 12 elections, I travelled to Sharsha, a remote frontier constituency in Jashore district, where politics is measured less in slogans than in prices, volumes and the daily pulse of the border, on Sunday.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said the party did not seek to provoke conflict but warned that if attacked, they would retaliate.

Bangladesh is not short of women in leadership, be it in business, government offices, or academia. It is short of women in electoral politics.

Bangladesh is heading into one of the most consequential elections in its history.