Oikya Front to meet EC Wednesday seeking further polls deferral
A delegation of Jatiya Oikya Front, led by Kamal Hossain, will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday, seeking deferment of the national election by a month.
Polls won’t be deferred further: CEC
The chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday said the EC had no more option to reschedule the polling date from December 30.
Polls rescheduled for Dec 30
The Election Commission on Monday rescheduled the 11th parliamentary elections for December 30 deferring the schedule it announced four days ago on November 8.
Decision on polls deferral Monday, says CEC
The chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said the commission will sit in a meeting on Monday and decide whether the election date for 11th parliamentary polls would be deferred or not.
BNP finally decides to join polls
Leaving behind all the concerns and confusions, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which had boycotted the last general election, has finally decided to join the upcoming one and will send a letter to the Election Commission on Sunday seeking deferment of the polls by one month.
AL, JOF yet to inform EC about allies
Neither ruling Awami League nor opposition Jatiya Oikya Front informed Election Commission till Saturday about their political allies for the upcoming parliamentary polls as the deadline for the task expires today.
Mass arrests of opposition activists continue
Opposition activists, mainly from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, continue to be arrested in a huge number across the country, which has crowded the prisons more than their capacity.
Demands to be realised through movement: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the demands of the Jatiya Oikya Front had to be realised through movement and the polls schedule was not acceptable until a level playing field was created.
11th JS polls on December 23
Despite protest of opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front, the Election Commission on Thursday announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections fixing the polling date on December 23.
PM urges BGB to free Bangladesh from drug, extremism
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the Border Guard Bangladesh to work with utmost honesty and sincerity to free the country from the onslaughts of militancy and drug.
