As polls show him slipping, Brazil’s Lula names VP as running mate

[ad_1] SAO PAULO: Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva on Tuesday named his vice president as his running mate in October’s election in Brazil, as polls show the veteran leftist president slipping to a dead heat with his main opponent.At the age of 80 Lula will be seeking a fourth term as he faces off against […]

Bangladesh polls: UN notes ‘concerns’ of women’s groups

[ad_1] Dhaka: As Bangladesh goes to polls on Thursday, United Nations has said it has noted ‘concerns’ raised by women’s groups and civil society organisations over violence and harassment of women candidates and voters, including digital violence, and called for “safe, inclusive and meaningful participation” of women in elections.The UN, in a statement, called on […]

Watch: Tarique Rahman’s daughter campaigns by rickshaw in Dhaka ahead of Feb 12 polls

[ad_1] Zaima Rahman, daughter of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tarique Rahman, took to the streets of the capital on a rickshaw to campaign for her father in the high-profile Dhaka-17 constituency ahead of the February 12 general elections.Videos circulating online show the London-trained barrister riding through busy neighbourhoods with Fatema Khatun, caregiver to former […]

Watch: Tarique Rahman’s daughter campaigns by rickshaw in Dhaka ahead of Feb 12 polls

[ad_1] Zaima Rahman, daughter of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tarique Rahman, took to the streets of the capital on a rickshaw to campaign for her father in the high-profile Dhaka-17 constituency ahead of the February 12 general elections.Videos circulating online show the London-trained barrister riding through busy neighbourhoods with Fatema Khatun, caregiver to former […]

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

[ad_1] 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 […]

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

[ad_1] 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 […]

Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Interventionism

[ad_1] 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 [ad_2] Source link

Afghan Taliban visit Bangladesh ahead of polls

[ad_1] 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 […]

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

[ad_1] 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 […]

Yunus: Won’t tolerate any violence disrupting polls

[ad_1] 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 […]