Harris vows 鈥榥ew way forward鈥� for America as she accepts nomination
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago on Thursday before a rapturous crowd, pledging a 鈥榥ew way forward鈥� and warning that...
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Obama says US ready for a Harris presidency
Former US president Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago on Tuesday that 鈥榯he torch has been passed鈥� to Kamala Harris and that the United States was ready for her to become president.
IAB wants free fair, credible general election
The Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Tuesday at a press conference said that they wanted a free, fair and credible general election under the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus...
Early local govt elections should be high on govt agenda
THE interim government has removed representatives of all local government institutions but for the union councils and appointed administrators, giving the absence of chairs and mayors from office as a reason in less than a fortnight after the downfall of the Awami League鈥檚 authoritarian regime that was toppled on August 5...
Muhammad Yunus鈥� eyes hold tears of tens of millions
THOSE who are currently students at universities in Bangladesh came of age during the autocratic rule of the now fallen prime minister Sheikh Hasina (2009鈥�2024). They never had a taste of democracy; they never saw any credible election in their country. All they saw was political repression and corruption at every tier of the government and at every level...
Probe of corruption of former lawmakers, ministers must
THIS is unacceptable that the Anti-Corruption Commission has not yet investigated the affidavits that the candidates submitted before the 12th national elections held on January 7. The affidavits showed an abnormal increase in wealth of most of the former lawmakers and ministers. Candidates in national and local elections are required to submit...
Interim govt鈥檚 task to hold credible general election: discussion
Politicians, academics and professionals on Saturday at a roundtable discussion in Dhaka said that the main task of the interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus would hold a...
Indian-administered Kashmir to hold first local polls in a decade
Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir will hold local elections for the first time in a decade, the head of the electoral commission said on Friday, after polls were stalled in the disputed...
Sri Lanka president faces tough challengers in elections
Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe faces 38 challengers in polls next month, the election commission said after nominations closed on Thursday, with former ally...
Sri Lanka: best team to face future
WITH little more than a month before presidential elections are due, the speculations about elections not being held have come to a halt which is a testament to the democratic spirit in the country. The election commission has invited Commonwealth and EU election monitors to observe the elections. Political parties and parliamentarians alike are...
ANFREL calls for democratic renewal, fair election in Bangladesh
The Asian Network for Free Elections on Tuesday called for democratic renewal in Bangladesh and a free, fair and participatory election under an interim government....
BNP, parties give govt time to create election environment
Different political parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Monday agreed to give the interim government the required time to create a suitable environment for...
Venezuela opposition calls for global protests for election 鈥榯ruth鈥�
Venezuela鈥檚 opposition called Sunday for worldwide protests on August 17 to show support for its claimed victory in last month鈥檚 election over president Nicolas Maduro, who was declared the winner...
A Democratic ray of hope
BY WITHDRAWING his candidacy from the presidential election, president Biden has played a 鈥榩resident鈥檚 gambit,鈥� and he played it with extreme precision. He opened the platform for vice president Kamala Harris to step in and challenge the Republican candidate, Donald Trump...
Joy demands election within 90 days
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, demanded the interim government to hold parliament election within 90 days since the parliament was dissolved...
Biden, Harris warn of Trump threat to democracy
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he is 鈥榥ot confident鈥� Donald Trump would concede peacefully if he loses the US election, as the Republican鈥檚 rival Kamala Harris warned a Trump victory would usher in a lawless administration set on curtailing Americans鈥� freedoms...
BNP, other parties congratulate interim govt
Leaders of political parties on Thursday appreciated the oath taking of the interim government at Bangabhaban headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, hoping that the government would be able to form a democratic government holding a free, fair and credible general election...
Nobel laureate Yunus to lead interim govt in Bangladesh
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was named as the chief of the interim government on Tuesday night, few hours after the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, dissolved the 12th parliament formed through the controversial January 7 general election...
JS dissolved, Yunus agrees to lead interim govt
A day after Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fall, president Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday dissolved the 12th parliament formed through the controversial general election held on...
Jimmy Carter sets sights on voting for Harris
Former US president Jimmy Carter turns 100 in two months, but with the US election falling just after his birthday, he has told family he has a secondary motivation for becoming a centenarian: voting for Kamala Harris...
7 EU states ask Venezuela to publish voting records
Pope Francis on Sunday called for Venezuela to 鈥榮eek the truth鈥� after the disputed re-election of President Nicolas Maduro, warning parties to avoid violence.
Evidence shows opposition candidate won Venezuela poll, Blinken says
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said on Thursday there was 鈥榦verwhelming evidence鈥� that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won Venezuela鈥檚 contested presidential election.
Venezuela urged to release full election results
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and US counterpart Joe Biden called on Tuesday for full results of the Venezuelan election to be published, with the Brazilian leader terming a dispute over results 鈥榥ormal.鈥�...
Junta extends state of emergency by six months in Myanmar
Myanmar鈥檚 junta extended the state of emergency by six months on Wednesday, delaying fresh polls it has promised to hold as it battles opposition to its coup.
One dead in Venezuela as protesters in wake of disputed vote
At least one person died in Venezuela on Monday as security forces tried to break up protests triggered by a hotly disputed election result that gave Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a third term in power, an NGO said.
Trump offers tech sector policy flips ahead of election
Fiercely against social media platform TikTok, cryptocurrency bitcoin and electric cars during his presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has recently flip-flopped on several issues that are dear to Silicon Valley...
Sri Lanka announces first presidential vote since unrest
Sri Lanka鈥檚 first presidential elections since an unprecedented economic crisis spurred widespread unrest will be held in September, the election commission...
Sri Lanka to hold presidential elections in September 聽
Sri Lanka鈥檚 first presidential elections since an unprecedented economic crisis spurred widespread unrest is scheduled to be held in September, the election commission said on Friday.
CPB demands fresh election, condemns repression of students
Communist Party of Bangladesh on Monday demanded fresh general elections for atrocities of the Awami League government to control peaceful movement of the students for quota reformation in government jobs...
Common Lanka candidate excites popular imagination
THE question mark that hangs over the presidential election due in October this year is not going away. The answer to it keeps getting put off. The latest is the government鈥檚 proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate ambiguity in the term of the president from six to five years. The Supreme Court has thrice...