Mayoral Election

Interview: Arfanul Haque EC can't ask the MP to leave Cumilla

Local member of parliament (MP) AKM Bahauddin did not leave the city corporation area although the election commission (EC) sent him letters asking him twice. The EC did not take any measures against ...

Interview: Monirul Haque Cumilla city polls: ‘CEC faces hindrance at the very outset’

The chief election commissioner directly said, forcing an MP to leave his constituency is not their task. Then, whose responsibility is this? I don’t know the law much. If there’s no such law, then ...

The NCC polls are the best after Cumilla: Mahbub Talukder

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has claimed that Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls are the best after Cumilla in the last five years

Narayanganj city polls Admin puts pressure to keep CCTVs off at voting centres: Taimur Alam

Chiefs of various polling centres are being ordered by the administration to keep the CCTV cameras at the centres off, alleged independent mayoral candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker

When Awami League's inner conflict is the election issue

No matter how the Narayanganj election may be, no matter what the results may be, the ruling party cannot avoid responsibility for the violence.

Appointing administrator at municipality Elected character of organisations must not be harmed

Even though the local government structure exists in many levels in the country, the non-elected bureaucrats are reigning over the elected representatives of the local government institutions, which ...

CCC polls: Credibility of EC and EVM placed in further question

After the Chattogram City Corporation elections, the credibility of the election commission and the electronic voting machine (EVM) has been placed in further question.

Voters' Day: Voters but no proper voting

Concerned persons are saying there are voters and Voters Day, but there is no fair environment for elections. It is the duty of the government and the EC to ensure that

Rezaul takes charge as CCC mayor

City Awami League joint secretary Rezaul Karim Chowdhury on Monday took the charge as the mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC).

Pourashava polls Bangabandhu’s picture set on fire in Mongla

A picture Bangabandhu was set on fire in the Mongla Port area of Bagerhat

Adversity and crisis in every direction: DSCC mayor Taposh

Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh is convinced of the need for administrative reform in the city corporation, which he describes as rife with irregularities, chaos, ...

Army will not be deployed in CCC polls: EC

BNP mayoral aspirant Ishraque accuses AL activists of attacking his supporters

Accusing the ruling party activists of obstructing the electioneering of their party-backed councillor candidates, BNP’s mayoral candidate of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election Ishraque ...

Dhaka city polls: 13 candidates valid for mayoral race

The election commission on Thursday declared valid 13 mayoral candidates for contesting the elections to DSCC and DNCC scheduled to be held 30 January.The candidature of Jatiya Party's GM Kamrul ...

DNCC mayor Atiqul Islam takes oath

Newly-elected mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam took oath of office on Thursday, reports UNB.Prime minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at a ceremony at Shapla Hall ...