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National Assembly polls: Nepali Congress leads with 9-seat win in Upper House elections

The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s National Assembly elections, winning nine seats. It was followed by the CPN-UML with eight seats, while the Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party secured one seat.The polls were held for vacant positions in Nepal’s Upper House after the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML reached a pre-poll understanding ahead […]

Speculation rises over EC favouring anti-India voices in Bangladesh polls

DHAKA: Speculation over whether the administration is favouring anti-India voices in parliamentary polls intensified after Election Commission (EC) Saturday cancelled the candidacy of BNP’s Monzurul Ahsan Munshi while upholding that of National Citizen Party (NCP) candidate Abul Hasnat for the Cumilla-4 constituency. Hasnat is a frontline leader of the July Uprising that led to the […]

Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Interventionism

new video loaded: Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Interventionism Jack Nicas, our Mexico City bureau chief, walks us through the ways Latin American leaders are reacting to the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela. By Jack Nicas, Rebecca Suner, James Surdam and Edward Vega January 11, 2026 Source link

Afghan Taliban visit Bangladesh ahead of polls

Afghan Taliban officials have visited Bangladesh and met Islamist leaders who are seeking to increase their political influence ahead of elections due in February, Islamist officials in Dhaka said Monday.Abu Sayem Khaled, president of the Bangladesh-Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce, told AFP that the visit by Noor Ahmad Noor, director general at Kabul’s Ministry of Foreign […]

Bangladesh: Zia’s son returns home today, BNP banking on him to tide through polls

File photo: Tarique Rahman, son of former PM Khaleda Zia (Picture credit: AP) DHAKA: Tarique Rahman, former PM Khaleda Zia’s son and BNP’s heir apparent, returns to Bangladesh Thursday along with his family, ending over 17 years of self-exile. On the eve of his return, the country’s largest political party described the moment as “both […]

Yunus: Won’t tolerate any violence disrupting polls

DHAKA: Violence in an election environment is completely unacceptable, Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said, expressing concern over an independent candidate being shot at and seriously injured on Friday — the first instance pre-poll violence after the February 12 parliamentary election schedule was announced on Thursday.Dhaka-8 constituency candidate Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancho […]

Bangladesh to hold polls on Feb 12, Hasina’s party stays suspended

Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin announced the poll schedule in a pre-recorded televised address, setting Dec 29 as the last date for filing nomination papers. Election campaign will begin on Jan 22 and will end on Feb 10 at 7.30am. Voting in all 300 parliamentary constituencies will take place on Feb 12, he said.Hasina’s […]

Bangladesh polls: Yunus govt to hold referendum, general elections in February 2026; what is July Charter?

Muhammad Yunus (ANI image) Bangladesh’s interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Thursday announced that Dhaka will hold a national referendum on implementing the landmark “July Charter” for state reform on the same day as its parliamentary elections in February 2026. The charter, drafted following last year’s deadly student-led uprising, aims to reshape the country’s political […]

‘Any Jew who votes for…’: Donald Trump attacks Zohran Mamdani ahead of NYC polls | World News

In a sharp escalation ahead of New York’s mayoral election, US President Donald Trump called Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani a “self-professed Jew hater,” adding that “any Jewish person who votes for him is stupid.” The remarks, posted on Trump’s Truth Social account just as voting began, have injected fresh controversy into a closely watched race […]

‘If I had to choose between a communist and a bad Democrat…’: Who is Donald Trump backing in the NYC polls?

A hardline GOP leader like Donald Trump would naturally find it difficult to back a mayoral candidate in a blue stronghold like New York. And when the choice is between two Democrats with sharply different positions on the political spectrum, the decision becomes even more complicated.However, the MAGA chief has thrown his support behind Andrew […]