AL-nominated and AL independent candidates will have enough AL supporters to represent a decent voter turnout.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has reached Sylhet where she is set to flag off the party's electioneering for the Januar 7 national election today

The US State Department said it was "deeply concerned" by the reports of "mass arrests of thousands of opposition members and reports of torture in prison" in Bangladesh

Awami League has always found justification in the Nietzschean theory of cultivating or “inventing” enemies

Also withdraws 5 SPs, transfers 3 OCs

The human rights situation in Bangladesh is extremely concerning due to the nation’s steady slide towards authoritarianism.

The decision on Awami League’s seat-sharing with the 14-party alliance partners seems to be stalled over the demands from Bangladesh Workers Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD).

The Awami League has nominated several controversial incumbents for the January 7 parliamentary election.

Politicians must give talks a chance to break stalemate

Without political reconciliations, we're headed for another violent, one-sided election

CEC says polls schedule will be announced 'very soon'

The Election Commission may hold the national election any day between January 6 and 9 with many experts pointing out that the atmosphere is not yet conducive to free and fair polls.

The Election Commission is making all-out preparations to hold the polls in January, though some crucial political and administrative issues still remain unresolved.

Bangladesh Bank is preparing a roadmap for the next government to address the three major issues of exchange rate instability, high inflation and high defaulted loan ratio bearing upon the economy.

It is quite perplexing why the government seems set to repeat the measures that led to horrifying consequences between December 7 and 11 in 2022.

Bangladesh is reeling under internal turmoil, external pressures, and an irresponsible and immature political leadership.

US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller yesterday said his country does not want to influence the outcome of the election in Bangladesh

The ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP remain at odds over the polls-time administration.

Rights bodies in the US called for policy tools, including additional sanctions, for ensuring free and fair elections in Bangladesh.

The US will send a monitoring team in early October to assess the pre-polls situation ahead of Bangladesh's parliamentary elections, US Ambassador Peter Haas said today