Polls mark 'step forward' in democracy for Bangladesh, says CEC

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said Bangladesh has taken a step forward in its democratic journey through the parliamentary elections, expressing satisfaction with w... 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

Yunus casts vote in parliamentary election, referendum

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Muhammad Yunus, head of the interim government, has cast his vote in the parliamentary elections. According to the Chief Advisor's Office (CAO), Yunus voted at the Gulshan Model Sch... Read More

Voting opens across Sylhet-1 as female voters form long lines at multiple centres

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Women voters have turned out in large numbers at polling stations across Sylhet as voting has got under way. At 7:45am on Thursday, long queues of female voters formed at Shahjalal ... 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

Jamaat will accept results if counting reflects voting trend, says Shafiqur Rahman

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Jamaat-e-Islami will accept the voting results if they reflect the current trend of votes receoved by the party, says its Ameer Shafiqur Rahman. Speaking at a press conference in th... 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

More than 1mn postal ballots enter count

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Around 1.07 million postal ballots are being counted after polling ended, election officials said. On Thursday night, Salim Ahmad Khan, leader of the Election Commission's (EC) Out ... Read More

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