High Court questions legality of municipal electoral code that restricted parliament members to run election campaign for their party candidates in local polls.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come down heavily on BNP chief Khaleda Zia for terming voters, election officials and others who were present at polling stations during the January-5 national election 'dogs'.
One of the injured in yesterday’s Awami League-Jatiya Party clash at Santahar municipality in Bogra has died today while being shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday alleged that the government snatched people's votes in Wednesday's municipal polls by using the administration, law enforcers and presiding officers.
"Less than an hour after the voting began, some seven to eight ruling party men stormed the booth I was assigned to. Identifying themselves as Chhatra League and Jubo League activists, they tried to take the ballots away from me."
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity will observe road and waterway blockade in Rangamati on Sunday protesting “vote rigging” and “biased acts of administration” during yesterday’s municipality elections.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demands the Election Commission (EC) to step down for what it termed “failure to uphold its constitutional responsibilities” during the just concluded municipality elections.
The Election Commission and the ruling Awami League claimed yesterday's municipal polls were free and fair except for some stray incidents. The AL, however, accused the police of causing some of the incidents.
Television reporters catches some footage of vote rigging in Narsingdi and Patuakhali districts during the municipality elections of 2015.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demands the Election Commission (EC) to step down for what it termed “failure to uphold its constitutional responsibilities” during the just concluded municipality elections.
The Election Commission and the ruling Awami League claimed yesterday's municipal polls were free and fair except for some stray incidents. The AL, however, accused the police of causing some of the incidents.
Television reporters catches some footage of vote rigging in Narsingdi and Patuakhali districts during the municipality elections of 2015.
After forfeiting from mayoral race, an independent candidate in Dhamrai municipality in Dhaka today said he had no other way but quit.
Follow The Daily Star for latest updates of the Municipal Elections 2015. The Municipal elections are held every five years in the country and this year marks the first ever Municipal Partisan polls.
A man is killed when supporters of two councillor candidates traded gunshots in Satkania upazila of Chittagong, police say.
Elections to 234 municipalities have begun, marking the start of the country's maiden local government polls on partisan lines.
BNP chief Khaleda Zia has said the Awami League is spreading propaganda in the name of an election “survey”.
As violence continues centring the municipality polls, additional law enforcers and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed from this morning to maintain law and order in the areas going to polls.
BNP accuses the ruling Awami League of “unleashing terrorism” across the country and demands security for its mayoral candidates and agents. It also urges a congenial atmosphere for voters during the municipal polls.
