Parwar alleged that the commission had acted under political pressure by issuing the gazette without waiting for the signed copy of the court order. “His body language shows he did it under duress,” he said. Responding to a question, Parwar said that he did not discuss the parliamentary membership of his expelled Satkhira-4 MLA Ghazi […]
Authorities generally deploy armed forces to help maintain law and order during parliamentary elections, but not during local government elections. Relevant EC officials said that including the armed forces within the legal definition of law enforcement agencies in local government election laws would provide greater administrative flexibility. Once the provision is present in law, officials […]
Although the Finance Ministry proposed reducing the vehicle maintenance allowance on July 9, the Finance Division sent a letter to the Public Administration Ministry on Thursday afternoon asking it not to take any further action on the proposal. As a result, the monthly vehicle maintenance allowance will remain at Tk50,000. Meanwhile, an inter-ministerial meeting of […]
He said, “I am alive, but I have been declared dead on paper. Because of this my NID has also been blocked.” Hoping to resolve the issue, Badshah recently visited the Faridpur District Election Office, where he presented the government-issued NID with his photograph. According to Badshah, election officials asked him to submit a certificate […]
Describing local government elections as a “big challenge” for the Election Commission, the CEC said elections should be conducted for 4,581 union councils, 495 upazila councils, 61 district councils, 13 municipal corporations and about 330 municipalities. He said that the Commission will make every possible effort to conduct these elections peacefully. Responding to a question […]
Jamaat alliance won 13 of these seats. Of these, 12 candidates of the alliance have already taken oath. However, a total of 15 candidates from the alliance had filed nomination papers. The nomination of one candidate, Monira Sharmin, was rejected during the scrutiny process. Moreover, the returning officer initially refused to accept Nusrat’s nomination as […]
According to the Local Government (Union Council) Act, the next election must be held within 180 days of the completion of five years of the first meeting of the Union Council constituted through election. Ministry sources said that the first phase of Union Council elections was held on June 21, 2021, when elections were held […]
As per the official election schedule, the process begins with the last date for submission of nomination papers on March 2, followed by scrutiny of papers on March 5 and the appeal period from March 6 to March 10. Disposal of appeals takes place on 11 March, followed by the last date for withdrawal of […]
According to sources in the Chief Advisor’s Office, the government’s decision so far is that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) will administer the oath to the newly elected MPs. In such a situation, MPs can take oath next Monday or Tuesday. On the same day the MPs will take oath, the new Prime Minister and […]
Expressing his gratitude to everyone, he said, “We had only one commitment towards the nation – to conduct neutral elections. We have tried our best to ensure this. We are very grateful to the people of the country as they participated spontaneously in this huge arrangement. This has proved that as a nation we have […]
On 26 January, the Electoral Commission published details of the constituency-wise appointments of local election observers for the referendum and parliamentary election. It revealed that a total of 47,457 observers were approved across all 300 parliamentary constituencies. Of those, PASA received approval for 10,250 observers in 127 constituencies. However, the executive director of PASA claims […]
Sub-section 1 of Article 17 of the Representation of the People Order (RPO), 1972 states that if a valid candidate dies after the expiry of the time limit for withdrawal of nomination papers and before the polling takes place, the election activities of the concerned constituency shall be immediately canceled or postponed.