THE chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus deserves thanks as in his address to the nation on the morning of Victory Day he has spelt out a timeline of a sort for national elections, which is a step forward from the unspecified duration of the interim government that people were worried about. He has said that with some reforms done and...
Fitch Ratings downgraded Georgia鈥檚 outlook to negative from stable on Friday, citing sharply increased political risks following disputed October parliamentary elections that have sparked widespread protests in the Caucasus nation...
Chief of the electoral reform commission Badiul Alam Majudar on Friday said that the perpetrators of crimes committed in the last three general elections should be punished.
Jatiya Party on Thursday proposed 19-point reform proposals including repeal of the 15th amendment to the constitution and reinstatement of the caretaker government system for holding general elections...
University students who actively participated in the 2024 student-mass uprising unanimously said they would not allow the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina or any member of Awami League to participate in the next elections...
Germany鈥檚 Olaf Scholz was Monday officially named to lead his Social Democrats into February elections, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term...
Left leaders on Friday at a discussion demanded holding general elections as early as possible for democratic transition in the country.
Editors of several newspapers recommended caretaker government, local government elections under the supervision of the existing interim government and critical evaluation of the previous Election Commissions.
Mahmud Hasan Khan, managing director of Rising Fashions, has formally been announced as panel leader of Forum, a panel of the country's garment makers, for the BGMEA elections...
Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections that repudiated establishment parties...
Georgian president Salome Zurabishvili on Monday called for fresh parliamentary elections to resolve a crisis sparked by last month鈥檚 vote denounced by the opposition as rigged in favour of the ruling party.
For the second time in eight years, a woman has won the Democratic nomination for US president, only to come up short in a campaign where gender was a central issue.
Republican former president Donald Trump has won the White House, securing more than the 270 electoral votes needed to defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, US networks projected early Wednesday.
Voters in the US hamlet of Dixville Notch launched Election Day in the first minutes of Tuesday with a tied vote, mirroring the incredibly close national polls in the White House race.
Japan鈥檚 prime minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed Monday to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring, with his party鈥檚 ruling coalition falling short of a majority for the first time since 2009...
Finance, commerce, and science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Thursday said the interim government would not take any lengthy period to hold the next general elections.
Tabith Awal is a well-known figure in the country鈥檚 football fraternity, but his lone competitor for the Bangladesh Football Federation鈥檚 presidential post in Saturday鈥檚 elections...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday urged the interim government to ensure an environment for holding elections in a quick manner.
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser professor Asif Nazrul on Saturday clarified his statement over timing of the next general elections.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said that free, fair, and impartial elections as early as possible were necessary to give the people鈥檚 power back to the people of the country...
A man found illegally in possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested by sheriff鈥檚 deputies assigned to protect a Donald Trump rally in Coachella, California, the Riverside County sheriff鈥檚 office announced Sunday.
Acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman on Thursday underscored the need for holding fair elections for continuation of democracy...
Political observers and analysts in Bangladesh and abroad said that dysfunction in Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government would considerably boost the chances of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚...
The US Federal Reserve鈥檚 decision to cut interest rates by half a percentage point gives consumers a much-needed psychological boost ahead of November鈥檚 presidential election...
Indian-administered Kashmir began voting Wednesday in the first local elections since the cancellation of its special semi-autonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan...
Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin said on Saturday that he would not seek a fifth term as the president of the federation.
THE US elections are scheduled to be held on November 5. In these elections, not only will the president and vice-president be elected, but all 435 Congressional seats of the US House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States senate will be selected. That would be the 119th United States Congress...
US president Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaigned together for the first time Monday, in a public display of teamwork after she replaced him as candidate and revived Democratic election hopes.
Kamala Harris declared on Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November鈥檚 presidential election.
The Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, Shafiqur Rahman, on Tuesday said that the interim government should be given reasonable time to create a level playing field before the next general elections.