Election-Commission-Bangladesh

Election Commission (EC) said the Union Parishad (UP) elections would be held in seven phases starting 12 November. However, just a few hours after the EC’s announcement on Monday, the government claimed that it knew nothing about the dates for the UP elections. Government officials, including the State Minister of Local Government Mir Shahe Alam and the Information Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman, added that they were unaware of the EC’s announcement and noted that the decision on when to...

The nomination paper of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Oli Ahmad has been submitted as the candidate in the presidential election. Hamidur Rahman Azad, the coordinator of the 11-party alliance and assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, visited Election Commission (EC) to submit the nomination on behalf of Oli on Thursday. In the nomination, Opposition Leader and Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman is listed as the proposer for Oli. Abdullah Al Amin, a MP from the National...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin held a meeting with the Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal as part of the preparations for organizing the presidential election. Following the meeting held at the Parliament on Tuesday, CEC Nasir said while primary discussions regarding the upcoming presidential election have been completed, no specific date or schedule for the election has been finalized yet. He added that the meeting held discussions on all necessary legal and procedural issues, inc...