Bagerhat is witnessing unrest following the Election Commission's decision to reduce the district's four parliamentary seats to three for the upcoming 13th national elections.  Leaders and activists ...

Today (16 September), a High Court bench of Justice Md Mojibur Rahman Mia and Justice Biswajit Debnath passed the order. The EC and other relevant authorities have been asked to respond to the rule ...

BAGERHAT, Bangladesh, June 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Since the 15th century, southern Bangladesh's "Mosque City", dominated by the imposing brick Sixty Dome Mosque, has been a pilgrimage ...

The Election Commission has come under pressure from local representatives in Bagerhat, who are demanding that all four of the district’s parliamentary constituencies be retained. At a hearing in ...