BNP chief Tarique secures landslide, trounces nearest rival by over 118,000

Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has won the Bogura-6 seat by a wide margin, securing 216,284 votes. His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abidur Rahman Sohel, received 97,626 vot... Read More

BNP chief Tarique Rahman upbeat on electoral victory, stresses citizen participation

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed firm confidence in his party's victory, saying voters will thwart any "conspiracy" through the ballot box. H... Read More

Tasnim Jara alleges polling agents barred from centres in Dhaka-9

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Tasnim Jara, an independent candidate in Dhaka-9, has alleged that her polling agents were forced out of voting centres on various pretexts, raising questions about the fairness of t... Read More

Mirza Abbas's wife meets returning officer over Patwary's vote-rigging allegations

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Afroza Abbas, the wife of the BNP's Dhaka-8 candidate Mirza Abbas, went to the office of the returning officer to respond to allegations of result manipulation at six centres in the ... Read More

'How can they seek power in Bangladesh?' Asiya recalls 1971 as she casts her vote

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Asiya was barely a teenager during the Liberation War. More than five decades later, the memory of the Razakars -- collaborators who sided with the Pakistani army -- remains sharp in... Read More

Turnout gathers pace as Bangladesh voters cast ballots with enthusiasm

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- After going through three controversial elections during the Awami League's tenure, many voters expressed enthusiasm as they cast their ballots in the 13th parliamentary election and... Read More

Vote count will take time, but no scope for irregularities, says CEC

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said the release of final election results may take time, particularly because of the referendum ballots and postal votes, but insiste... Read More

BNP chief Tarique Rahman casts his vote

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- BNP chief Tarique Rahman has cast his ballot in the 13th parliamentary elections. He voted at a booth on the second floor of the Gulshan Model High School and College centre at 9:45... Read More

Mamunul Haque calls 'inconvenience' in finding voting room a 'misunderstanding'

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis chief Mamunul Haque, a candidate of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance in Dhaka-13, faced some trouble after arriving at a polling centre to cast hi... Read More

'A big day' for Bangladesh's democracy, says EU observer chief

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- European Union Election Observation Mission Chief Ivars Ijabs has described election day as a "big day" for Bangladesh's democracy. The 13th parliamentary election and the fourth re... Read More

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