election campaign

Poster overload turning skylines into election wallpapers

Nowadays, I can barely see the sky due to the multitude of black and white election posters arranged diagonally from one end of the road to the other.

Hasina reaches Sylhet to start AL’s polls campaign

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has reached Sylhet where she is set to flag off the party's electioneering for the Januar 7 national election today

‘ACC being used to harass me’

Suspended Gazipur mayor Zahangir Alam yesterday said a certain quarter was using the Anti-Corruption Commission to harass him during the final moments of his mother’s election campaign.

The EC can only go so far with the old ways

It must show courage and determination to restore trust in the electoral system

Dhaka city polls campaign kicks off tomorrow

The election buzz for Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation will kick off tomorrow after the returning officers allot their electoral symbol in the morning.

Chattogram Division: AL aiming high in BNP bastion

History says Chattogram division is a bastion of the BNP.

Oikyafront denied nod for first rally

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) denies Jatiya Oikyafront of permission for holding a rally in the city on October 23 on security ground.

Gun-toting AL men caught at poll campaign in Natore

Activists of Jubo League are caught red after they opens gunfire during a campaign of ex-state minister for youth and sport Ahad Ali Sarker in Natore Sadar today.

Gazipur City Polls: AL, BNP step up campaign

Ignoring heavy showers, mayoral candidates of the Awami League and the BNP yesterday campaigned to woo voters in Gazipur City Corporation polls scheduled to be held on June 26.

October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018

Oikyafront denied nod for first rally

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) denies Jatiya Oikyafront of permission for holding a rally in the city on October 23 on security ground.

July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018

Gun-toting AL men caught at poll campaign in Natore

Activists of Jubo League are caught red after they opens gunfire during a campaign of ex-state minister for youth and sport Ahad Ali Sarker in Natore Sadar today.

June 20, 2018
June 20, 2018

Gazipur City Polls: AL, BNP step up campaign

Ignoring heavy showers, mayoral candidates of the Awami League and the BNP yesterday campaigned to woo voters in Gazipur City Corporation polls scheduled to be held on June 26.

September 22, 2017
September 22, 2017

Facebook to overhaul political ads after threat of US regulation

Facebook Inc launches an overhaul of how it handles paid political advertisements, giving a concession to US lawmakers who have threatened to regulate the world's largest social network over secretive ads that run during election campaigns.

April 11, 2016
April 11, 2016

MP 'assaults rebel candidates men'

Awami League MP from Natore Sadar, Shafiqul Islam Shimul yesterday allegedly assaulted supporters of AL rebel chairman candidate in his constituency and vandalised a loudspeaker during election campaign.

March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016

Pre-poll clashes in Patuakhali

With the union parishad polls just a few days away, the news of deadly clashes during election campaign is really worrying.

September 5, 2015
September 5, 2015

A misguided election campaign

Fear of angering the Buddhist nationalists – especially the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion, which is better known by its Myanmar-language acronym Ma Ba Tha, which includes the outspoken monk Ashin Wirathu – convinced the party's leaders to exclude Muslims from their constituency list.

June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015

AL leader shot by Jubo League men

A ward-level Awami League leader is shot by local Jubo League men in Bangshal area of Dhaka following a dispute over campaigning in the recently held Dhaka South City Corporation election.

April 24, 2015
April 24, 2015

Khaleda blasts EC over army deployment strategy

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia lambasts the Election Commission for its changed course of action regarding deployment of army during the city corporation elections.

April 23, 2015
April 23, 2015

Khaleda skips campaign for today

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia skips electioneering for today in favour of her party-backed mayoral candidates in two Dhaka city corporations as repairing to her damaged SUV is underway.