Elections

Commission recommends electoral college to elect president, limiting tenure to 4-year
Bangladesh

Commission recommends electoral college to elect president, limiting tenure to 4-year

The commission also recommends for an individual to be elected president a maximum of two times

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at a press conference in the capital on 15 January. Photo: UNB
Politics

Discussions with political parties on reform proposals set for mid-Feb

The commission holds a meeting with media persons at the National Institute of Local Government on 6 Jan. Photo: UNB
Politics

Local body elections could be held on single day to cut costs: Commission

Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

This EC won't make intentional mistakes: CEC

Ansar-VDP brings out a rally on the occasion of the 49th founding anniversary of the battalion in Gazipur's Safipur on Sunday, 5 January 2024. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Ansar and VDP to remain neutral in election duties: DG

File photo of Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader
Politics

GM Quader alleges plot on to exclude 30 out of 48 parties from elections

Local Government Reform Commission Chairman Tofael Ahmed speaks at a views-exchange meeting in Chattogram on 29 December 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Local Government Reform Commission to propose holding all elections in one day

Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain. File Photo: Collected
Politics

A quarter resorting to extortion to contest in elections: Adviser Sakhawat

File photo of Election Commission building in Agargaon. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

2024: A year of mass uprising that reshaped Bangladesh’s Election Commission

File photo of Election Commission building in Agargaon. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Election Commission ramps up preparations for national election 

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir termed the remarks of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus about the next elections as unclear and disappointing at a press briefing on 19 December. Photo: TBS
Politics

CA's statement about elections unclear, frustrating: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP Standing Committee Members Salahuddin Ahmed and Mirza Abbas. Photos: Collected
Bangladesh

BNP seeks a specific roadmap, not an idea of election: Salahuddin

Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) building. Photo: Collected
Politics

Excitement brews at Dhaka University as Ducsu elections loom