Upazila Elections
Postponed election of 23 upazilas June 9
The Election Commission (EC) has announced that the elections of the 23 upazilas where polls were postponed due to Cyclone Remal will be held on June 9 next.
Female vice-chairman candidate reportedly goes missing
Female vice-chairman candidate reportedly goes missing while campaigning in Bijoynagar upazila under Brahmanbaria district.
Voting underway in third phase of Upazila polls
The third phase of the sixth upazila parishad polls is underway in 87 upazilas across the country.
300 BGB platoons deployed ahead of 3rd phase Upazila polls
A total of 300 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order during the 3rd phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election.
Polls in 19 upazilas suspended
Election Commission (EC) has postponed voting in 19 upazila due to the damage caused by Cyclone Remal.
BNP expels 217 leaders for defying party orders
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled a total of 217 leaders for disobeying party decisions during the ongoing upazila council elections. The expulsions occurred in four phases: 80 leaders in the first phase, 69 in the second, 55 in the third, and 13 in the fourth and final phase.
Upazila poll: 37.57% voter turnout in second phase
The first phase of the poll was held in 139 upazilas on May 8 with 36.1 percent turnout which was the lowest in last 15 years.
CEC reports over 30% voter turnout in 2nd phase of upazila polls"
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal stated that more than 30 percent of votes were cast during the second phase of the sixth Upazila Parishad election. election.
Voting in second phase of upazila election going on
The EC has ordered the administration and the police to be alert for peaceful polling. Election officials have been instructed to stop the polls in any centre if there is any kind of irregularity.
116 candidates have wealth worth Tk1cr or more: TIB
According to TIB, 70 percent of the chairman candidates in the first phase election were businessmen, 67 percent vice chairman and 24 percent women vice chairman candidates were businessmen.