bangladesh elections 2024

Message from Donald Lu’s visit: Reset, rebuild, and strengthen

Although Donald Lu had visited Bangladesh more than once before the general election, this was his first visit after the polls.

UN chief, 8 more nations congratulate Hasina

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and leaders of eight more countries have congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as prime minister of Bangladesh for the fourth straight term.

‘A setback for US-Bangladesh relations’

The Awami League has been playing this game for a long time now.

Ctg clash: Gun-toting man identified as BCL activist, say police

The man, who brandished a firearm during a clash near a polling centre in Chattogram's Khulshi area today, has been identified as Shamim Azad, an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League, police said

Voter turnout 27.15pc till 3:00pm: EC

Till 3:00pm, the voter turnout is 27.15 percent, EC secretary Jahangir Alam told journalists in a media briefing at the EC secretariat

Voters allege slow vote casting process in Narayanganj-1

Nurjahan Begum, a 58-year-old voter, has been waiting behind 30 women in a long queue for more than one hour until 1:00pm to cast her vote at Baniadi Government Primary School polling centre in Narayanganj-1 constituency

'Vote rigging': JP, Gonoforum candidates boycott polls in Sylhet-2

Two candidates of the Sylhet-2 constituency have boycotted the election bringing allegations of vote rigging against the Awami League candidate

Two suffer bullet wounds in clash near Ctg polling centre

Two people suffered bullet wounds as two groups clashed near a polling centre in Chattogram’s Khulshi area this morning

People boycotting those who boycotted polls: Quader

People are boycotting those who boycotted the 12th National Parliamentary Election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

'Vote rigging': JP, Gonoforum candidates boycott polls in Sylhet-2

Two candidates of the Sylhet-2 constituency have boycotted the election bringing allegations of vote rigging against the Awami League candidate

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

Two suffer bullet wounds in clash near Ctg polling centre

Two people suffered bullet wounds as two groups clashed near a polling centre in Chattogram’s Khulshi area this morning

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

People boycotting those who boycotted polls: Quader

People are boycotting those who boycotted the 12th National Parliamentary Election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

EC's Tk 21cr app fails to update on voter turnout

The Election Commission's Tk 21-crore app has failed to update constituency-wise voter turnouts every two hours

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

18.5pc votes cast till 12:10pm: EC

The percentage of votes cast in the 12th parliamentary election till 12:10pm was 18.5 percent.

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

Turnout still low in many centres at halfway stage

The pace of voting in many centres across the country has not improved significantly from a slow start in the morning

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

Gazipur’s assistant presiding officer dies of cardiac arrest

An assistant presiding officer of a polling centre under Gazipur-2 constituency died of cardiac arrest this morning

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

EC Anisur optimistic of seeing over 50pc turnout

Election Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman expressed his optimism that more than 50 percent of votes would be cast in the 12th parliamentary election

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

Shakib casts vote, hopeful of winning in Magura-1

Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, the Awami League candidate from Magura-1, cast his vote in the parliamentary election

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

DU BCL president poses with ballot paper with vote for boat

The Bangladesh Chhatra League president of Dhaka University unit today posted a photo of himself holding a ballot paper displaying his vote on his social media account