Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set out Wednesday to ride the momentum from their high-stakes debate into the final sprint to November as they seek to persuade undecided voters and shake up a presidential election locked in a dead heat...
Kamala Harris put Donald Trump on the defensive in a fiery televised debate on Tuesday, as they battled for a breakthrough in an agonisingly close US presidential election.
The Election Commission has filed a petition with the apex court, pleading for allowing them to withdraw an appeal they filed in 2022 against the registration of Ganosamhati Andolan as a political party....
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...
Sentencing for Donald Trump in his New York hush money trial was delayed on Friday until after November鈥檚 election, a win for the Republican as he battles Kamala Harris in the knife-edge White House race...
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and all four election commissioners resigned on Thursday.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday demanded immediate reconstitution of the Election Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission...
The Election Commission, headed by chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, is scheduled to hold a press conference this noon amid speculation that the chief election commission and other election commissioners might resign...
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.
French president Emmanuel Macron on Monday intensified efforts to find a new prime minister after almost two months of deadlock following inconclusive legislative elections, hosting...
Gono Odhikar Parishad on Monday got registration of the Election Commission with 鈥楾ruck鈥� as its election symbol....
Several political parties on Saturday suggested that the interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus should hold the next general election within a reasonable time after...
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.
The High Court on Tuesday issued a ruling asking the government to explain in four weeks the constitutionality of a provision in the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act 2022...
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said that the time of holding a general election was a matter of political decision....
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday urged the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus to give a roadmap for national elections and...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe faces 38 challengers in polls next month, the election commission said after nominations closed on Thursday, with former ally...
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...
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....
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...