Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has begun his election campaign in northern Bangladesh with a visit to the shrine of the revered Sufi saint Shah Makhdum (R.) in Rajshahi. He arrived at ... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The cost of conducting the parliamentary polls, scheduled for next month, has been estimated at $254 million-nearly $82 million more than the last election held two years ago. Nearl... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- The United States will take no side in Bangladesh's election and is prepared to work with whichever government is chosen by voters, according to US Ambassador Brent Christensen. Spe... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- If the four-party alliance government was corrupt, then why did Jamaat-e-Islami's two top leaders never resign at the time? Tarique Rahman has raised the question, challenging Jamaat... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- The Government Alia Madrasa ground in Sylhet has been prepared for the launch of BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman's election campaign. The BNP leader will formally launch his campaign... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- The banners will soon rise, rallies will fill the streets and campaign slogans will echo across constituencies -- but behind the theatre of democracy lies a quieter, more contentious ... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- More than 1.5 million voters in Bangladesh and overseas have registered to cast their ballots by post in the upcoming parliamentary election and referendum. Among those who signed up... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 4 -- Returning officers have approved the nomination papers of 1,842 candidates for the parliamentary elections, while rejecting those of 723 others. Those whose nomination papers were re... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- The Election Commission (EC) has issued guidelines on how people held in prisons or in legal custody will be able to vote in the upcoming 13th national election and referendum throug... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- When Tarique Rahman left Bangladesh in 2008, the country was under a military-installed caretaker government born of the "1/11" intervention. An election loomed, public faith in demo... Read More