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Saturday, 18 January, 2025

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Election pressure mounts

Pressure mounts on government to arrange National Parliament Elections hastily for various reasons including dissatisfactory law and order situation, price hike, recession in investment, unrest in administration, and conspiracies of defeated power. Political parties said that if the government...

BNP won’t form government alone even if it gets 200 seats

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said the party will not form the government alone even if it gets 200 seats in the upcoming national parliament elections. The senior BNP leader made the statement on Saturday while addressing an event at...

Elections may take four years, says Syria's leader

Syrias de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said in remarks broadcast on Sunday that holding elections in Syria could take up to four years, the first time he has commented on a possible electoral timetable since Bashar al-Assad was ousted on December. Drafting a new constitution could take up to...

Chad goes to polls amid opposition boycott

African nation Chadis voting in legislative, provincial, and local elections on Sunday, despite an opposition boycott, as the country moves toward a political transition after three years of military rule. Voting booths will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. (0500 to 1700 GMT) for the approximately...

Hand over power to people's representatives through holding elections soon: Zainul Abedin

Addressing the interim governments chief advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, BNP Chairpersons advisor Zainul Abedin Faruque said, Hold elections soon to transfer power to peoples representatives. He said this at a program of distributing winter clothes among the homeless in front of the National Press...

Great disasters of 1/11, eclipse of 2/11

The hugely controversial 1/11 took place in 2006 and formally ended in 2008. The terror of unprecedented rule of that time still haunts the two main political parties in the country. The nightmare of 1/11 still worked as the bitter medicine to businessman, bureaucrats, service holders, and even...

Preparations are underway

The newly appointed Election Commission (EC) is silently carrying out preparatory work for the 13th National Parliament Elections after taking charge. The EC will make final move on electoral reforms after reviewing the reform commissions reports by January. The concerned committee will take...

AL leaders fled to India after selling liberation: Jamaat Ameer

Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, accused the Awami League of selling the nations freedom and now fleeing to India. Speaking at a rally on Great Victory Day in Bijoy Nagar, Dhaka, he criticized the ousted party. Shafiqur said that the nation, which gave them a lesson and...

People to decide when election to be held: AZM Zahid

BNP leader Dr AZM Zahid Hossain Monday said the people of Bangladesh will determine when the election will be held, regardless of the Chief Advisers comments on the matter, reports UNB. Whatever the Chief Adviser says, people will decide when the (national) election will be held in this country,...

Final voter list to be released on March 2: EC

The Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh has announced that the final voter list, which will include those turning 18 by January 1, 2025, will be published on March 2. This decision was made on Monday during the first meeting of the EC, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir...

'Be patient, just for a little while'

One of my neighbor-nephews, in his early thirties, has always been well-regarded in the community. Known as a good boy since childhood, he excelled academically, consistently ranking first or second from primary school through university. A few years ago, he secured a respectable position in a...

BNP declines responsibility

Top leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are concerned that removing the president Mohammed Shahabuddin could trigger a constitutional crisis. They fear that if BNP calls for a ban on the Awami League or any political party, the current interim government would be exempt from...

Bolsonaro, Aides indicted over alleged 2022 coup attempt in Brazil

Brazils federal police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for allegedly attempting a coup to retain power following his 2022 election loss. The charges were delivered to the Supreme Court, which will pass them to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, who will decide whether to...

BNP's target elections

Although the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the countrys largest political party, has called on the interim government to ensure timely elections, its main focus remains on the upcoming national parliamentary election in no time. The partys leadership aims to establish an elected government...

Dollar soars, Bitcoin hits record high as 'Trump trades' surge

The U.S. dollar surged on Wednesday, set for its biggest one-day rise since March 2020, as traders responded to growing expectations of a Republican victory in the upcoming election. At the same time, Bitcoin reached a new all-time high, fueled by the rise of so-called Trump trades, which have...

Trump at 168 electoral votes, Harris at 81

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States Tuesday and a long night of waiting for vote count expected. Outcomes are tumbling in, with US media projecting wins...

Motives behind American celebrities to support presidential candidates

The American presidential elections have intensified. For Muslim American voters, exhausted after observing 13 months of U.S. complicity in the Gaza genocide, choosing between a Harris or Trump presidency feels akin to falling into a dark abyss. Regardless of ones views on the Gaza situation,...

Harris appeals to Christians and Arab Americans, Trump embraces violent diction

Democrat Kamala Harris made her final appeal for the U.S. presidency on Sunday, speaking at a historically Black church and addressing Arab Americans in the key swing state of Michigan. Meanwhile, her Republican opponent Donald Trump used combative language at a rally in Pennsylvania. Public...

BNP Faces Obstacles in Case Dispositions

One of the most pressing challenges facing the BNP, a major political party in Bangladesh, is the legal predicament of its members. Over 6 million leaders and activists, including prominent figures like Begum Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, are entangled in a complex web of legal cases. With...

Harris and Trump focus on Sunbelt states during final weekend push for votes

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump zeroed in on the Sun Belt on Saturday as they embarked on one last weekend quest to sway every undecided voter in the battleground states. They pitched rival agendas on the economy and more that each insisted is what Americans want, reports UNB....

Need to hold polls quickly as only elected govt can make visible changes: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said their party wants the election to be held promptly, as visible changes in the state are not possible without an elected government. Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader also said conspirators will get the opportunity to...

EU expects interim govt to hold elections after necessary reforms

The European Union (EU) expects the interim government to complete all reforms and fulfill the democratic election process. The delegation of the European Union (EU) Embassy met with adviser to the ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and the ministry of Information...

Won’t sit idle if election is delayed, warns BNP

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Thursday warned that their party leaders and workers will not sit idle if the next national election is not held within a reasonable time. We want the people who won the country to elect their representatives to form a parliament and government with...