The High Court yesterday directed the Election Commission to dispose of in three working days the application filed for cancelling the candidature of 22 Jamaat-e-Islami men, who wanted to contest in the 11th parliamentary elections with the symbol, ‘Sheaf of Paddy’. The HC bench also issued…

The Election Commission (EC) is planning to monitor social media platforms ahead of the December 30 national polls. “We are planning and working on to control social media before the election,” EC secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said at a view-exchange meeting with field level officials and law…

President Xi Jinping warned yesterday that no one can "dictate" China's economic development path as the Communist Party marked 40 years of its historic "reform and opening up" policy amid a stern challenge from the United States. In a speech at the grandiose Great Hall of the…

Twitter has warned of "unusual activity" from China and Saudi Arabia related to a bug in a help form. The bug - discovered on 15 November and…

The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Public Administration Ministry to declare December 30 as a general holiday for the 11th parliamentary elections. A letter signed by the EC Joint Secretary Farhad Ahmmed Khan was sent to the Public Administration secretary yesterday in this regard. "The…

Women may be shouting louder than ever for equal treatment and pay, but a report out Tuesday indicates it will take centuries to achieve gender parity in workplaces around the globe. The World Economic Forum (WEF) report said there had been some improvements in wage equality this year compared to 2017,…

Former FBI director James Comey lashed out at Donald Trump on Monday for telling "lies" and undermining the rule of law, and urged Republicans to stand up to the president. "The FBI's reputation has as taken a big hit because the president of the United States, with his acolytes,…