Stayed municipal polls on Jan 12
Re-elections to 51 polling stations in 20 municipalities across the country will be held on January 12, officials at the Election Commission say.
Municipal polls: Farmer hurt in Barguna clash dies
An elderly man who is injured in a clash during yesterday’s municipality elections in Barguna succumbs to his wounds.
Farcical polls a blatant reality: Fakhrul
BNP say their apprehension of a ‘farcical election’ became true as today’s municipality polls have been marked by “gross irregularities”.
Municipality Polls Today / Credibility test for EC, govt
Elections are test times. Today, it's a crucial credibility and popularity test for the major political players.
Hanif urges candidates to accept polls results
AL Joint Secretary General Mahbubul Alam Hanif urges all the candidates to accept the polls results whatever it might be.
‘I had no other options but to quit’
After forfeiting from mayoral race, an independent candidate in Dhamrai municipality in Dhaka today said he had no other way but quit.
LIVE: Municipal election as it unfolds
Follow The Daily Star for latest updates of the Municipal Elections 2015. The Municipal elections are held every five years in the country and this year marks the first ever Municipal Partisan polls.
Violence, irregularities mark municipal polls
The country’s maiden partisan local body polls end amid reports of violence, clashes, irregularities, boycott of at least 19 candidates, and death of one person. Election Commission scraps polls in one Chittagong municipality and suspends five policemen over 'negligence of duty'.
Voting halted at 25 centres
Clashes, ballot occupation and allegations of forced balloting mark the start of country’s maiden municipality polls under political banners.
3 ATN News journos held in Rajshahi
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) men detain a journalist and two cameramen of ATN News for violating the electoral code at Puthia municipality in Rajshahi.
