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Chief election commissioner (CEC)With two amendments, report on EC formation bill placed in JS
Chairman of the parliamentary scrutiny committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry M Shahiduzzaman Sarker placed the report
Interview: Md Abdul Matin
‘Appointing a spineless person will be of no use’
Md Abdul Matin, retired judge of the Supreme Court, speaks to Prothom Alo about the recent election commission draft law, the coming national election, the rule of law and more.
Asking for one thing, getting another
Merely drawing up a law and forming an election commission with total disregard to any sort of national consensus involving the stakeholders of the election, is more of a mirage than anything else
Cabinet meeting
Law finally being made to constitute election commission
The cabinet has approved the draft law. The law minister says the new EC will be constituted on the basis of the law.
Cabinet approves draft law over EC formation
The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the 'Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner Appointment Act, 2022' in order to have a law in this regard as per the constitution
Formation of EC
BNP skips dialogues, NPP for polls-time govt with PM as head
Welcoming the NPP delegation at Bangabhaban, the president said discussion and exchange of views with the political parties would help in forming an acceptable election commission
EC must take responsibility for UP election violence
The election commission, as well as leaders and activists of the ruling party, must take responsibility for the violence and killings that took place throughout the UP elections
Neither the law nor the commission is for one single party
Despite some errors, four election commissions (except the Aziz commission) formed between 1990 and 2006 without any search committee, could hold credible elections. This was because the elections ...
Mahbub Talukder tells lies: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has termed Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder’s remarks regarding the ongoing union parishad (UP) polls as ‘lies’ and ‘slander’
Can the stigma of the 2018 election be erased?
The opposition political parties and the civil society should convince the president and the government to organise broader dialogues to devise ways to ensure the next election can be held in a ...
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