Election

The Deputy Speaker is constitutionally authorised to administer the oath of office to Bangladesh’s newly elected president, according to an opinion issued by the Law Ministry. The ministry said Speaker […]

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly condemned the latest US sanctions against its president, Judge Tomoko Akane of Japan, and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal, calling […]

Bangladesh is set to hold direct voting in Parliament today to elect the country’s next President, 35 years after the last contested presidential election. Voting will take place in the […]

Bangladesh’s presidential election on August 20 will be held through an open ballot, meaning lawmakers’ votes will not be secret and it will be visible who votes for which candidate. […]

The presidential election will be held on Thursday as neither of the two candidates withdrew their nomination within the stipulated deadline. This will be the first contested presidential election in […]

Gold prices rose for a third consecutive session on Tuesday as expectations of a US interest rate hike next month weakened. Investors are now closely watching the minutes of the […]

The nomination papers of BNP-backed candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 11-party alliance candidate Oli Ahmed will be scrutinised today (Sunday) for the upcoming presidential election. Election Commission officials said […]

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the constitutional validity of Article 70 and seeking a halt to the ongoing schedule for the presidential election. The […]

The nomination paper of Colonel (Retd.) Oli Ahmed, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has been submitted for the presidential election as the candidate of the 11-party alliance led […]

Bangladesh’s next cycle of local government elections is likely to begin with Union Parishad polls in December this year or January next year, followed by elections to municipalities, city corporations, […]