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Tarique launches northern campaign with visit to Shah Makhdum shrine in Rajshahi

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


Bangladesh to spend $254mn on February general elections

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


US ready to work with any elected government in Bangladesh, says Ambassador Christensen

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


BNP chief Tarique says Jamaat's silence in power exposes hollowness of its corruption claims

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


Sylhet's Alia Madrasa ground prepared for Tarique's rally

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


Who funds the race for parliament - and who is watching closely?

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


Over 1.5 million sign up to vote by post in Bangladesh election

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


EC clears 1,842 candidates, blocks 723 from standing in election

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


Postal voting: How registration and voting will work in prisons

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


Tarique returns at another crossroads: which way will Bangladesh's politics turn?

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