Dhaka - The Election Commission in Bangladesh ordered political parties to register or be disqualified from the December general election, officials said Wednesday.
"If any political party wants to contest in national polls it must first get registered with the Election Commission," chief election commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda said.
The registration is aimed at limiting the influence of money and political clout, Huda said.
Dhaka - Police and other security forces were placed on a state of high alert in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Tuesday ahead of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslim and Hindu communities, law enforcement officials said.
A high level meeting of security officials also decided to install close circuit cameras and set up a police control room inside the Dhakeshwari national temple which is the main venue of the Durga Puja festival which celebrates the Hindu Goddess Durga.
Dhaka - Political parties in Bangladesh welcomed Sunday the announcement of national and local elections by the chief of the military-backed interim government in an overnight televised address.
Caretaker government head Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed said a general election would be held on December 18 to elect a new parliament, and local elections in more than 400 sub-districts would be held in two phases December 24-28.
Dhaka - Bangladesh will go to the polls on December 18 to elect a new parliament, caretaker government chief Fakhruddin Ahmed announced nationwide on television and radio Saturday.
Ahmed also said in his televised address that the local polls in over 400 sub-districts would be held on 24 and 28 December.
The former central bank governor promised to relax the state of emergency rule during the elections.
Rajshahi, Bangladesh - Police in the northern Bangladeshi city of Rajshahi arrested 11 members of the radical Islamist organization Hijbut Tahrir as they were preparing to address a news conference, local officials said Friday.
"The suspected Islamic militants have been detained as they arrived at the local press club to announce the group's future political programmes to the newsmen," said city assistant police commissioner Ekramul Hossain.
Dhaka- Bangladesh's two main opposition leaders have blamed the military-backed interim government of trying to delay crucial national elections and called for mass protests at the weekend, officials said Thursday.
"The government is indulging in a deep-rooted conspiracy to put off the upcoming parliamentary polls and instead hold snap local elections, keeping prominent political leaders in prison," said Zillur Rahman of the opposition Awami League, which is led by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Dhaka - The Election Commission in Bangladesh ordered political parties to register or be disqualified from the December general election, officials said Wednesday.
Police and other security forces were placed on a state of high alert in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Tuesday ahead of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslim and Hindu communities, law enforcement officials said.
Dhaka - Bangladesh will go to the polls on December 18 to elect a new parliament, caretaker government chief Fakhruddin Ahmed announced nationwide on television and radio Saturday.
Dhaka- Bangladesh's two main opposition leaders have blamed the military-backed interim government of trying to delay crucial national elections and called for mass protests at the weekend, officials said Thursday.
