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JP hopes to win Rangpur-2 seat

-- 2018-12-24 18:25:14

The Jatiya Party (JP) has considered the Rangpur-2 parliamentary constituency as its stronghold since the rule of HM Ershad. During the fifth and the seventh parliamentary elections, Ershad was the M...

Oikyafront rally at Suhrawardy on Dec 27 uncertain

FE Report 2018-12-24 10:11:47

The grand rally of the Jatiya Oikyafront at Suhrawardy Udyan due for December 27 hangs in the balance uncertain as it has not got police permission. A senior leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (B...

Ershad to return Wednesday: Chisti

UNB 2018-12-23 22:20:39

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will return home from Singapore on Wednesday, just three days before the national election. "Our chairman was scheduled to return home tomorrow (Monday), but it was re...

Mashrafe demands safety for his rivals

-- 2018-12-23 21:11:05

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has asked his campaign supporters to make sure there aren’t any attacks on rival candidates. “Make sure my rival candidates are not hurt physically or mentally. I wan...

Ensure level-playing field: Dr Kamal to army

-- 2018-12-23 18:15:21

Welcoming the decision to deploy the Armed Forces from Monday across the country, Jatiya Oikyafront Chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday said they must create a level-playing field for all the parties and...

EC’s decision on Jamaat candidates today

-- 2018-12-23 11:58:35

The Election Commission will sit in a meeting today (Sunday) to decide whether the 25 Jamaat-e-Islami candidates will be able to contest in the 11th parliamentary election or not. Among the Jamaat ca...

Crude bomb attack leaves five AL men injured

-- 2018-12-23 11:41:54

At least five local leaders and activists of Awami League were injured after miscreants hurled crude bombs over an election campaign office in Cumilla on Saturday evening. The injured are Md Abdul Ka...

Hasina’s electioneering in Rangpur on Sunday

-- 2018-12-22 20:39:30

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will go to Rangpur tomorrow (Sunday) as part of her election campaign. The Awami League (AL) chief will address two election rallies of her par...

Army deployment will bring positive change to election situation: BNP

-- 2018-12-22 19:53:20

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed his hope that the deployment of the army will bring a change to the present election situation. Rizvi made the remark at a press bri...

Scheme to foil election raises polls violence: Minister

-- 2018-12-22 17:07:08

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said the intensity of election violence is slightly higher this time compared to previous years as a vested group is planning to foil the polls. "A vested...

Two hurt in crude bomb attack on AL election office

-- 2018-12-22 11:36:01

Two local Awami League leaders were injured as miscreants blew off a crude bomb in front of AL's election campaign office at Rohanpur in Chapainawabganj on Friday night. The injured are - Rohonpur Mu...

Oikyafront demands election rescheduling where candidates declared ineligible

-- 2018-12-21 18:29:38

Jatiya Oikyafront on Friday demanded the Election Commission (EC) to reschedule elections in the seats where its candidates have been declared ineligible by court. The BNP-led alliance made the deman...

Case against Rony over ‘leaked phone call’

-- 2018-12-21 18:08:52

BNP candidate Golam Maula Rony has been accused in a case filed under the Digital Security Act over an alleged phone conversation that recently leaked on social media. In the unverified audio clip, t...

BNP struggles for back-up plan to tackle 'adversities'

-- 2018-12-21 16:27:43

The BNP is now struggling to come up with a 'back-up plan' to stay afloat in the December 30 election race amid the arrest of its candidates and activists and annulment of candidatures of its some con...

Miscreants vandalise five BNP offices in Barishal

-- 2018-12-21 11:46:26

Five union election offices of BNP in Barishal have allegedly been vandalised in Bakerganj upazila by the supporters of Jatiya Party candidate for Barishal-6 constituency. BNP contestant for the parl...

Election preparation all-time better: IGP

-- 2018-12-20 19:05:51

Security forces are more prepared for the elections than ever before, claims police chief Mohammad Javed Patwary. “We have prepared our utmost for the elections,” he said. “Our prep...

Dr Kamal cancels press conference due to illness

-- 2018-12-20 18:11:18

The press conference of Jatiya Oikya Front Chief Dr Kamal Hossain scheduled for Thursday was postponed as he is sick. "Sir (Kamal) is not physically well today (Thursday). So, the scheduled press con...

Decision on Jamaat candidates in two days: EC

-- 2018-12-20 17:40:49

The Election Commission (EC) will take a decision on the candidacy of 25 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders within the next two working days. “We received the High Court letter today. The legal wing of th...

Enam Ahmed Chaudhury joins AL

-- 2018-12-19 21:56:48

BNP's vice-chariman Enam Ahmed Chaudhury, who sought nomination of BNP from Sylhet-1 constituency, has joined the Awami League. Chaudhury met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and greeted her with a bouqu...

Reza Kibria’s motorcade comes under attack in Habiganj

-- 2018-12-19 21:50:53

The motorcade of Jatiya Oikya Front candidate for Habiganj-1 Dr Reza Kibria came under attack while he was campaigning at Banderbazar area in Nabiganj upazila on Thursday. Former assistant organising...

Nanak terms BNP manifesto ‘confusing, disappointing’

-- 2018-12-19 18:18:09

Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday said BNP's election manifesto is extremely 'disappointing and confusing' for the nation. He made the remarks at a press co...

Ensure BNP’s win through vote revolution: Fakhrul

-- 2018-12-19 16:37:54

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday called upon voters to ensure the victory of 'Sheaf of Paddy' through a 'vote revolution' on December 30 to free Khaleda Zia from jail and...

Kushtia-1 candidate sent to jail

-- 2018-12-19 16:30:14

A Kushtia court sent BNP's Kushtia-1 candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu to jail in a case filed over the possession of illegal firearms and explosive on Wednesday. Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Arup...

Latif Siddiqui falls sick during indefinite hunger strike

-- 2018-12-19 14:55:21

Tangail-4 independent candidate Latif Siddique has been rushed to hospital after his health deteriorated on the third day of a hunger strike in front of the returning officer’s office to press f...

Miscreants torch AL election campaign office

-- 2018-12-19 12:20:30

Miscreants vandalised an election campaign office of the Awami League candidate of Sherpur-1 constancy at Bagbari Bazar under Sadar upazila in the early hours of Wednesday. According to Md Nazrul Isl...

BNP's manifesto skips war crimes trial issue

-- 2018-12-18 18:47:09

The BNP has avoided the issue of war crimes trials in its election manifesto, which was announced on Tuesday ahead of 11th parliamentary election. The party's manifesto did not make any promise to co...

HC rejects appeals to restore Khaleda’s nominations for polls

-- 2018-12-18 13:02:32

The High Court has rejected three petitions to restore Khaleda Zia’s nominations for three parliamentary races in the Dec 30 polls. As a result the BNP chairperson is blocked from competing in...

AL will come to power again, Quader hopes

-- 2018-12-18 12:48:22

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday expressed hope that his party will be elected again in the upcoming national election slated for D...

AL calls Oikyafront’s manifesto a joke

-- 2018-12-17 20:40:48

The Awami League has described the promise mentioned in Jatiya Oikyafront's election manifesto to continue the trial for war criminals as a joke to the nation. Joint general secretary of Awami League...

BNP to launch its own manifesto Tuesday

-- 2018-12-17 17:00:37

BNP is going to roll out its own election manifesto for the 11th parliamentary elections on Tuesday, a day after launching of the election manifesto by its alliance Jatiya Oikyafront. BNP senior lead...