Harris says US ready to turn page on Trump
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.
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Jamaat chief for giving govt reasonable time to ensure level playing field
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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.
Trump formally named Republican candidate, picks Vance for VP
Donald Trump won formal nomination Monday as the Republican presidential candidate for the upcoming US elections and picked a right-wing loyalist JD Vance for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt.
Lankan president鈥檚 election dilemmas
THE deadline for presidential elections is fast approaching and the Election Commissioner will be empowered to declare the date of the election on July 17, just over a week from now. The election rallies are becoming larger and feistier. The two main opposition parties are showing their growing strength in the numbers attending their...
Inner democratic contradiction
ARE elections overplayed as a tool of representative democracy, as some claim? Or they are about getting past the post in each seat making the issue of public representation fluid but keeping a system going which many are used to and comfortable...
French PM urges united front to stop far-right takeover
France鈥檚 prime minister on Wednesday urged voters to form a united front to block the far right in legislative elections, warning the anti-immigration party of Marine Le Pen was the only faction capable of winning an absolute majority...
Kind govt reaction needed to Lanka economic distress
WITH less than a month before presidential elections are called, president Ranil Wickremesinghe has highlighted the success of his presidency as rescuing Sri Lanka from its international bankruptcy status that prevents it from doing business with the rest of the world. The signing of the agreement on international debt restructuring for...
NATO names Dutch PM as new boss
NATO鈥檚 32 nations on Wednesday appointed outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte as the alliance鈥檚 next head, handing him the job at a crucial moment with Russia on the march in Ukraine and US elections looming...
Saint or interloper: Haas and US foreign policy
RECENTLY, news broke from confidential sources in diplomatic channels stating that the US ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter Haas, is resigning from the State Department as a show of protest over US policy in Bangladesh during the 2024 general elections...
Critical days for Modi and rivals
THE underplayed defeat for his government by 32 seats in the parliamentary elections, with a whopping loss of 63 BJP MPs from the previous tally, may have reined in prime minister Modi鈥檚 self-obsessed march on Indian democracy for now. His new and untested experiment with a coalition government has just begun, with the opening of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 24...
Modi鈥檚 election debacle and aftermath
THERE is no doubt that the 2024 general elections in India, concluded over a week ago, will be long remembered for bringing back Indian politics to normal, thanks to the tested electorates of the largest democracy in the world. Undoubtedly, this election delivered a shocking blow to Modi鈥檚 dominance and will likely curb his autocratic tendencies...
Elections not participatory due to crisis in politics: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday said that elections in the country are not being participatory due to a crisis in politics...
Businessmen鈥檚 dominance in national, local politics bodes ill
BANGLADESH鈥橲 democratic backslide is manifest not only in the erosion of the electoral culture and the holding of managed elections but also in the complete dominance of businessmen in parliament and local government bodies...
Month-long upazila polls conclude
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday expressed his satisfaction over the upazila parishad elections saying that the elections were held...
Can Modi tackle India鈥檚 crises?
AFTER a year-long spectacle of grand roadshows spanning the nation and heated debates with rival parties, Narendra Modi, leading the coalition of the National Democratic Alliance, has secured victory in national elections, paving the way for his historic third consecutive term...
Bangladesh PM congratulates India's Modi on election victory
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a message addressed to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, congratulated the victory of the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 18th Lok Sabha elections, according to an official press release...
Lanka economic recovery needs no referendum
GOVERNMENT leaders appear to be considering all options for remaining in office beyond the constitutionally mandated periods of five years for the presidency and parliament. The United National Party general secretary, Palitha Range Bandara has announced that the government is considering postponing both the...
The nightmare for Indian Muslims is over
THE most important outcome of the results of the recent parliamentary elections in India is that the nightmare for Indian Muslims is over...
Low turnout again in 4th phase of upazila polls聽
The month-long upazila parishad elections ended on Wednesday with the fourth and final phase, when voting was held in 60 upazilas of 26 districts...
AL-led alliance to hold programmes after Eid
The Awami League-led political alliance is going to hold programmes 鈥榩rotesting against anarchies鈥� after Eid-ul-Azha following a long gap since the general elections held on January 7...