Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal expressed his frustration at the absence of Awami League candidate Mohammad Ali Arafat from a meeting on the upcoming Dhaka-17 parliamentary by-election. Awal urged the candidates to follow the code of conduct and practise tolerance rather than conducting 'overly enthusiastic' campaigns during the meeting at
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No outside pressure on Election Commission: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal Wednesday said that there is no pressure from the international community or foreign diplomats on the Election Commission (EC) regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections. “Comments of international community members or foreign ambassadors didn’t create any pressure on the EC regarding the next parliamentary elections.
Govt’s cooperation needed to hold fair election: CEC
The government's willingness and overall cooperation are needed to hold a successful and fair election, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday. "Without the govt's sincere will and cooperation, it may not be possible to make the election successful to the desired extent," he said in response
EC not in pressure, it is doing its job, says CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said the Election Commission is not feeling any pressure as it is doing its job. He said this in response to a question from journalists at the Nirbachan Bhaban after visiting the Zila Parishad election monitoring cell on Sunday. Zila Parishad elections will be
CEC alerts DCs, SPs against poll-time intimidation
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday asked deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to be aware of their duties to deal with any intimidation in the next general elections expected to be held late next year or in the beginning of 2024."If any illegal interferences in the election
CEC assures OECD countries’ envoys to hold inclusive
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday reiterated the commission’s commitment to hold an “inclusive and acceptable” national election fulfilling the expectation of all. Heads of missions representing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries had a “constructive meeting” with the CEC and discussed the preparations of the
CEC denies Bahauddin was ordered to leave Cumilla
The CEC explained that they received an allegation Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday said the Election Commission didn't direct ruling party lawmaker AKM Bahauddin Bahar to leave his home town during the recently held Cumilla City Corporation. "He (Bahauddin) is undoubtedly a very important person. But the Election
Poll panel still lacks capacity to use EVMs in all 300 seats, says CEC
The Election Commission still lacks the capacity to hold the entire national election through electronic voting machines (EVMs), Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Tuesday. “We still don’t have the capacity to hold elections to all the 300 parliamentary constituencies through EVMs. We’ve yet to take any decision over