A total of 178 observers representing 16 countries and foreign organizations have applied to the Election Commission (EC) to monitor the upcoming 11th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. EC sources said the observers comprise 97 foreigners and 81 local representatives. The sources said 32 foreign…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed separate petitions with the chamber court of the Appellate Division seeking a stay on the High Court (HC) order that had rejected her three writ petitions challenging the legality of the Election Commission's (EC's) decision to cancel her candidature…

The Information Ministry is all set to launch a media centre at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in the city to provide election related information from December 29-31. State Minister for Information Tarana Halim came up with the announcement at her secretariat office yesterday. The media centre will remain…

A partial US government shutdown that entered its second day yesterday was set to stretch through Christmas, after Congress adjourned for the weekend with no deal in sight to end an impasse over funding for President Donald Trump's wall on the US-Mexico border. Due to the shutdown -- in which several…

The Awami League (AL) has urged the Election Commission (EC) and the administration to ensure a level playing field for all parties ahead of the next general election slated to be held on  December 30. Talking to the media at the AL president’s Dhanmondi office in the capital yesterday, HT…

The Election Commission (EC) has issued a guideline for journalists on what journalists can or cannot do while covering the election slated for December 30. More than a dozen directives including a bar on the journalists from using motorcycles to collect news were handed out by the Election Commission…