The Election Commission (EC) is planning to extend voting hours by one hour due to the arrangement of both the national election and the referendum on the same day. A final decision on increasing the voting period and announcing the election schedule may be taken at the EC meeting on Sunday. The commission hopes to publish the schedule next week.

A writ petition has been filed seeking suspension of all activities related to the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election. On Wednesday, December 4, Advocate Iarul Islam, secretary general of the registered political party Bangladesh Congress, submitted the petition. He said a High Court division bench is expected to hear the writ next week.

A new study has warned of rising physical and digital risks for journalists during the upcoming 13th national parliamentary elections in Bangladesh.

The Election Commission has extended the registration deadline for postal voting through the Postal Vote BD app until December 25 to increase participation of expatriates in the 13th National Parliament election and the simultaneous referendum.

BNP on Thursday placed three new election-related proposals before the Election Commission (EC) and said it has no objection to the EC announcing the election schedule in time.

After a continuous 125-hour hunger strike, Tarek Rahman’s newly formed political party, ‘Aam Jonotar Dol’, is finally set to be officially registered by the Election Commission, with the butterfly as its election symbol.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday (December 4) announced its candidates for 36 additional constituencies for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election.

The Election Commission (EC) will meet President Mohammed Shahabuddin at 12:00pm on December 10 to discuss matters related to the schedules for the national election and the referendum.

More than 168,000 overseas Bangladeshis have registered to vote via postal ballot for the 13th National Parliament election and the referendum.

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has received its registration certificate from the Election Commission, with convener Nahid Islam collecting the document on behalf of the party. The allotted electoral symbol for the party is ‘Shapla Koli’.

The Election Commission (EC) is planning to extend voting hours by one hour due to the arrangement of both the national election and the referendum on the same day. A final decision on increasing the voting period and announcing the election schedule may be taken at the EC meeting on Sunday. The commission hopes to publish the schedule next week.

A writ petition has been filed seeking suspension of all activities related to the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election. On Wednesday, December 4, Advocate Iarul Islam, secretary general of the registered political party Bangladesh Congress, submitted the petition. He said a High Court division bench is expected to hear the writ next week.