Dhaka June 7, 2025, 6:09 am
Deceased Rabiul Islam, 42, was chairman of Sarappur UP and member of the upazila unit of the ruling AL committee.
The 30% voters’ turnout is not encouraging. Moreover, a major political party did not participate in the election, resulting in a low turnout, says CEC
AL leaders were also elected unopposed in eight upazilas earlier
Some 1,630 candidates are in the electoral race in the 139 upazila parishads against a total of 417 posts
CEC made this remark in a press briefing held at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital on the EC's preparation to hold the first phase of sixth upazila parishad election
Cancelling the appointment of 10 presiding officers including the arrested ones, the local administration appointed 10 new presiding officers
Looking at a decade of India-Bangladesh partnership
AL President Sheikh Hasina has given the directive, emphasising the need for fair, impartial, and effective elections
Pm emphasizes grassroots development
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oaths at a ceremony held in Shapla Hall of her office in the capital on Thursday morning
Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, judge of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-9, handed down the judgment
President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath of office to them at Bangabhaban at 7: 30pm
Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina held a meeting with 1549 candidates. After that in the party’s Parliamentary Nomination Board Meeting 48 candidates were finalised
EC decided to conduct the upazila elections across the country in four phases, scheduled for May 4th, May 11th, May 18th, and May 25th
He came up with the information at the Election Commission office at Agargaon in the capital on Tuesday
The AL chief made this call while delivering a televised address on the occasion of national parliamentary election as she highlighted her party's goals to turn the county into "smart Bangladesh" by 2041
Thanks to this period of strong economic development, Bangladesh is set to graduate from least-developed country status in 2026
She said this while addressing the last public rally of the election campaign for the 12th parliamentary polls, at Fatullah in Narayanganj
It will also bring out procession, conduct mass contact Friday
The Election Commission Secretariat issued the instruction on 2 January following a complaint filed by Trinamool BNP candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker