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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday said that elections in the country are not being participatory due to a crisis in politics...
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...
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday expressed his satisfaction over the upazila parishad elections saying that the elections were held...
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...
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...
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 most important outcome of the results of the recent parliamentary elections in India is that the nightmare for Indian Muslims is over...
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...
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...
TRANSPARENCY International Bangladesh has earlier made public its findings form the analysis it carried out on the affidavits that the candidates submitted to the Election Commission running in both the national and local government elections...
NO ENFORCEMENT of the laws that bar individuals, families or bodies from holding more than 100 bighas, or roughly 33 acres, of land, including 60 bighas, or 19.83 acres, of agricultural land, keeps allowing many to acquire and own land beyond the limit...
The Lok Sabha elections in India will come to a close today as the final phase of voting takes place in 57 constituencies across eight states and Union territories...
India posted growth of 8.2 per cent in the year to March on Friday, in a last-minute boost to prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 economic credentials the day before national elections conclude...
Massive irregularities, rigging, violence, and boycotts marked the third phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Wednesday amid low voter turnout...
The High Court on Tuesday asked the jail authorities to respond in 30 days to a lawyer鈥檚 letter seeking post-mortem reports of 13 leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who died in jail custody before January 7 parliamentary elections and in the aftermath of it...
FIFTY-SEVEN races are still to be decided on Saturday, but prime minister Narendra Modi says he has already won a thumping majority. Let us see the mind more than the logic at work here...
Allegations of repeated attacks and gunfire occurred at the residence of Japan-Bangladesh Group鈥檚 chairman Selim Pradhan at Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj, in support of defeated candidates in the Rupganj upazila parishad elections...
A case has been filed against four people, including the presiding officer, for negligence in Rajnagar upazila parishad elections of Moulvibazar...
At least five people sustained injuries after post-poll attacks allegedly by the supporters of a rival group in Satkhira鈥檚 Ashashuni upazila on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning...
At least one person was killed and several injured in clashes during the polling of the second phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Tuesday amid...
The voter turnout in the second phase of upazila elections on Tuesday was estimated to be above 30 per cent, chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said...
Voting in the second phase of Upazila Parishad election began on Tuesday at 8:00am and it will continue until 4:00pm...
