The ruling Awami League (AL) is taking the upcoming Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) poll as an acid test of its popularity before the national elections scheduled to be held in 2019, while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is taking the NCC poll as a last test case to see whether there is any…

The High Court yesterday asked the Election Commission and government to explain why the schedule for holding the Zila Parishad election on December 28 should not be declared illegal. It also asked the government to explain why indirect Zila Parishad polls should not be declared unconstitutional. In…

After accepting a prayer of unconditional apology, the High Court yesterday exempted the chief election commissioner and four other election commissioners from a contempt of court ruling for not taking complaints from candidates into cognizance. The HC bench comprising Justice M Moazzam Husain and Justice…