Disputed elections becoming a global phenomenon: report
Voter turnout is diminishing around the world and the results of elections are increasingly questioned, a report on the state of democracy said on Tuesday.
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Wickremasinghe for tomorrow鈥檚 Sri Lanka
AS THE final lap of the presidential election campaign comes to its close at midnight on September 18, there is no certainty about the outcome. The only certainty is that it will be one of three candidates 鈥� incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa or NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The other 35 candidates...
Ganosamhati Andolon gets EC registration
The Ganosamhati Andolon on Tuesday got registration of the Election Commission as a political party with 鈥楳athal鈥� (peasants鈥� straw hat) as its election symbol...
Election must be arranged immediately: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged the interim government to arrange a national election immediately....
Hindu group in India controlled Kashmir readies for landmark vote
It has taken 77 years for Dev Raj to be able to vote in local elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir, and the Hindu elder is clear on who he will thank....
Law for appointing efficient ECs sought
Speakers at a policy dialogue on Saturday said that the country needed a suitable law, aiming not only to appoint next election commissioners but also to institutionalise their...
Trial of people involved demanded
Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar said on Saturday that those involved in destroying the electoral system should be brought to justice...
Electoral reforms must for credible polls: discussion
Politicians, academics and professionals said on Saturday that without proper electoral reforms it would not be possible to hold any free, fair and credible elections...
Salahuddin decides not to contest in next BFF elections
Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin said on Saturday that he would not seek a fifth term as the president of the federation.
Trump calls Harris a Marxist in quest for vote
鈥楨veryone knows she鈥檚 a Marxist,鈥� Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has repeated loudly and often, referring to his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, who he is hoping to tar with one of the oldest brushes in the US political playbook.
Reform plans in 3 months, polls after reforms
The interim government will hold an election in the country after completing necessary reforms as per recommendations from six reform commissions and suggestions from...
Harris, Trump ride debate buzz into election sprint
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...
Harris rattles Trump in fiery televised debate
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.
EC withdraws appeal against Ganosamhati Andolan鈥檚 registration
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....
US elections: A Democratic ray of hope emerges
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 judge delays Trump sentencing until election
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...
CEC announces resignation of five-member commission
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and all four election commissioners resigned on Thursday.
BNP demands reconstitution of EC, ACC
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday demanded immediate reconstitution of the Election Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission...
EC to hold press conference today amid resignation speculation
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...
Biden, Harris hit campaign trail
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.
Macron accelerates efforts to break PM deadlock
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 gets EC registration
Gono Odhikar Parishad on Monday got registration of the Election Commission with 鈥楾ruck鈥� as its election symbol....
Election within reasonable time after reform suggested
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...
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.
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.
HC questions indemnity of search committee, appointment of election commissioners
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...
Time of holding election matter of political decision: chief adviser
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said that the time of holding a general election was a matter of political decision....
BNP for roadmap for polls, reforms
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday urged the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus to give a roadmap for national elections and...
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.
