Upcoming Upazila Parishad
ISPR requests not to get misled by rumours over security of St. Martin’s
Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) has urged all not to be misguided by rumours spreading through social media over the security of St. Martin’s island centering Myanmar's ongoing internal conflict near the island.
2nd phase of Upazila Parishad polls on Tuesday
Voting will take place in 157 upazilas during the second phase on Tuesday (May 21). The voting will proceed uninterrupted from 8.00am to 4.00pm on that day. Elections will be held for the positions of chairman, general vice chairman, and reserved vice chairman in these upazilas.
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.
Casino scam: Salim Pradhan can't contest UP polls, says SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has passed an order barring Salim Pradhan, much discussed in the casino scandal, from participating in the Rupganj Upazila Parishad elections in.
30%-40% votes casted: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has claimed that the election was completed peacefully in 139 upazilas in the first phaseof upazila parishad (UP) polls.
No army deployment planned for upcoming upazila polls
Election Commissioner Md. Alamgir stated that despite candidates' demands for army deployment, there has been no decision or provision made to deploy the army in the upcoming upazila council elections.
BNP expels 73 for contesting upazila parishad polls
The BNP has expelled 73 grassroots leaders for participating in the first phase of the upcoming upazila elections, violating the party's decision.
Delwar declared Singra Upazila chairman unopposed
Md Delwar Hossain Pasha has been declared the uncontested winner of the race for Singra Upazila Parishad chairman in Natore.
2,055 nominations submitted in 2nd round of upazila polls
For the second phase of the sixth upazila parishad (UP) election, 2,055 people have submitted nomination papers for three positions in 160 upazilas, said Additional Secretary of Election Commission Ashok Kumar Debnath on Sunday (April 21), the last day for submission of nomination papers for the second phase of UP election.
AL MP-minister's children, relatives ordered not to vie for upazila elections
The ruling Awami League (AL) has ordered the family members and close relatives of the party’s ministers and lawmakers not to compete in the upcoming upazila parishad elections.