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Six-member search committee for Election Commission formed

The government on Thursday formed a six-member search committee led by Appellate Division judge Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury to recommend people for the offices of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners...

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Japan economy under stress after election

Political uncertainty after Japan’s election shock risks slowing economic reforms, pushing up government spending and even holding up the Bank of Japan’s exit from its outlier monetary policy, economists said...

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Support sinks for Japan coalition after election blow

Support has sunk further for Japan’s embattled ruling coalition, a new poll showed Wednesday, after prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s party suffered its worst election result in 15 years...

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Search body formed to pick CEC, ECs

Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury will head a six-member search committee to recommend people for the offices of the chief election commissioner and four other election commissioners.

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Japan PM vows to stay on despite election debacle

Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed Monday to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring, with his party’s ruling coalition falling short of a majority for the first time since 2009...

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Navy, air force trusted national symbols: Yunus

Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said that Bangladesh navy and air force had once again been recognised as a symbol of trust by the people of the country...

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Japan ruling party misses majority in election

Japan’s ruling LDP party fell short of a majority in snap elections on Sunday for the first time since 2009, national broadcaster NHK projected, in a blow to new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba...

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Economic situation to determine reforms: dialogue

The head of the committee constituted for preparing the 'White Paper on the State of Bangladesh Economy', Debapriya Bhattacharya, on Saturday said that the economic condition of the country would determine the pace and the extent of the reforms...

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BFF elections Saturday 

The much-hyped elections of the Bangladesh Football Federation and its Annual General Meeting are scheduled to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in the city on Saturday. 

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BNP wants fast reforms, early election

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday urged the interim government to complete the reform activities as early as possible to ensure a fair election soon to counter the conspiracy to destabilise the country.

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China sees little relief as US goes to polls

While the outcome of next month’s US presidential election remains on a knife-edge, analysts say that for many in China the consequence is the same whoever emerges victorious: more...

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UK rejects Trump team claims of interference

The government in London on Wednesday played down claims of meddling in the US election, after Donald Trump’s team charged that having members of Britain’s ruling Labour party work for his...

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EC in Bangladesh accelerates disposal of NID correction applications

The Election Commission in Bangladesh has accelerated the disposal of the applications submitted seeking corrections in information in the national identity (NID) cards as the number of undisposed requests declined to less than 4 lakh now from over 6 lakh in June across the country.

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Reflections on Gaza and 2024 US elections

I GET calls and emails from my old friends and editors of some of the newspapers and online portals who ask me if I am doing okay. When I tell them I am doing okay, they ask me why...

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Tarafder pulls out of BFF elections

The election commission of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday published the final list of candidates for the October 26 polls, with industrialist-turned-sports organiser...

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Parties iterate call for early reform, polls

Interim government chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said that a search committee would be established to facilitate the formation of the new Election Commission.

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Interim govt to form search committee for constituting new EC

Chief adviser’s special assistant Mahfuj Alam on Saturday said that the government would form a search committee following the existing law to constitute a new Election Commission for taking forward the relevant activities to hold the next national election...

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Harris, Trump seek advantage in knife-edge election battle

Kamala Harris and rival Donald Trump campaigned in battleground states Sunday seeking 11th-hour advantages in a deadlocked White House race, as new polling shows the vice president underperforming among some traditional Democratic voter demographics...

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