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'Postal Ballot BD' app coming for expatriate voters, CEC Nasir Uddin says

Bangladesh, Sept. 11 -- Bangladeshi expatriates who have smart national identity cards (NIDs) will be able to vote in the upcoming parliamentary election using a postal ballot. Chief Election Commiss... Read More


ACC summons 12 ex-secretaries over 'flat allocation irregularities'

Bangladesh, Sept. 11 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned 12 former secretaries during the Awami League government over allegations that they were allocated luxury flats in Dhaka's Dha... Read More


Boycotting DUCSU, Umama Fatema says Shibir's 'betrayal will be etched in history'

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Independent vice-president candidate Umama Fatema has rejected the results of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election and launched a scathing attack on th... Read More


Wait for DUCSU results drags on, counting nearly complete at some centres

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The clock has ticked well past midnight, but the counting of votes in the DUCSU election is yet to finish. At 1am on Wednesday, Shahidul Jahid, the returning officer on duty a... Read More


Bangladesh government 'doing all it can' to safely return national football team from Nepal: CAO

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The Chief Advisor's Office (CAO) says the government is doing all it can to get the Bangladesh national football team, which had gone to Nepal ro play friendly games, home safe... Read More


DUCSU polls: Chhatra Dal's Abidul boycotts results

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's vice-president candidate Abidul Islam Khan has boycotted the DUCSU election soon after initial results were announced. In a post on his Facebook pag... Read More


Shadik elected VP, Farhad GS as Shibir sweeps DUCSU polls

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Islami Chhatra Shibir has swept the top three positions in the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections, clinching the vice-president (VP), general secretary ... Read More


DUCSU results: Shibir-backed panel dominates with 12 posts, independents take 3

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The Oikkoboddho Shikkharthi Jote backed by the Islami Chhatra Shibir has scored a resounding victory in the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election. Candidat... Read More


Election Commission not in favour of CCTV, body cams at polling stations

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The Election Commission (EC) has indicated that it will take no action to implement the use of CCTV cameras or police body-worn cameras in the upcoming 13th national election, ... Read More


EC plans to add polling centres, reduce booths for next election

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The Election Commission has released a draft list of 42,500 potential polling stations for the parliamentary polls, which will serve some 125 million voters. EC Secretary Akht... Read More