The Election Commission (EC) on Monday approved 41 more appeals giving green signals to the electoral candidates to vie for the 13th national election slated for 12 February. With these, a total of 150 individuals have got back their electoral candidacies in three days-from Saturday to Monday-- of
BNP standing committee member and election conducting committee chairman Nazrul Islam Khan today said that the party will vote "Yes" in the upcoming referendum, as it supports the reform initiatives. "We have decided that we will vote 'Yes' in the referendum. We are in favour of reforms," he told
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will democratise the economy if it comes to power, as the people remain deprived if the economy is kept under group-centric patronage, said BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. He said this at a dialogue titled National Election 2026 and Citizen Expectations,
A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over corruption in the allocation of land plots in Purbachal against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her nieces Tulip Siddiq -- a British MP -- and Azmina Siddiq Ruponti on Feb 2. A total of 18 suspect
Students at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology have held meetings with the university administration and the Shahjalal University Central Students Union Election Commission following overnight protests over the issuing of a notice by the Election Commission. The students are demanding
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Monday said the alliance will announce its seat-sharing arrangement either Tuesday or Wednesday. He shared the information with the media after a meeting with a three-member delegation of the European Union Election Observation Missions, led b
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will formally begin the party's election campaign from the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA) in Sylhet on January 22, party Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed told the media. He said the campaign will start from Sylhet, known as the land of saints and pirs. On J
Independent candidate Rumeen Farhana has alleged that members of parliament siphon off half of the government development allocations meant for their constituencies, leaving only a fraction for actual work. Addressing a views-exchange meeting on Monday afternoon in Ward No. 2 of Panishor Union in
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Monday held a meeting with Ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Maulana Muhammad Mamunul Haque. The hour-long meeting took place at around 2:00 pm today at the Khelafat Majlish Ameer’s office in Mohammadpur, said a press release. During t
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen meets Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Monday and discussed ways to strengthen party-to-party exchanges. The two sides had in-depth discussions on China-Bangladesh relations, party-to-party exchanges and other issues of common inter
Jamaat-e-Islami's AKM Fazlul Haque has failed to win back his candidacy for the Chattogram-9 constituency after the Election Commission (EC) rejected his appeal, citing dual citizenship. Fazlul's nomination papers were rejected after scrutiny as he failed to provide documents proving that he had f
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has announced constituency-based programmes across the country to ensure a "yes" vote in the upcoming referendum. In this regard, it will appoint "ambassadors" in 270 constituencies, particularly in areas where the party does not have its own candidates. Mahabub A
The Election Commission (EC) approved 58 more appeals on the nomination papers rejected by the returning officers on Sunday, the second day of hearings. Besides, seven appeals were ruled out and six others kept pending to give verdict on them later after the appellants meet the requirements sugges
