All Jatiya Party candidates on polls race as Ersahd changes claim
Hours after claiming to extending support to candidates of Awami League-led alliance, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday night said the candidates of Jatiya Party will not quit the race rather contest the general election with plough symbol.
UN wants peaceful, credible polls in Bangladesh
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has called upon all stakeholders to ensure an environment free of violence, and coercion before, during and after the general election in Bangladesh, so as to enable a peaceful, credible and inclusive polls.
Fair polls impossible under AL govt: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said holding a fair election under present government was not possible.
Trump makes surprise visit to US troops in Iraq
President Donald Trump made a surprise Christmas visit to US troops in Iraq on Wednesday, his first trip to a conflict zone nearly two years into his presidency and days after announcing a pull out of American troops from neighbouring Syria.
Oppositions struggle to survive attacks, police raids
A Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate was stabbed in Pabna during his election campaign while another BNP candidate in Jhenaidah was arrested in Dhaka amid continued electoral violence and intimidation on Wednesday, just three days ahead of December 30 general polls.
JOF flexing muscle sensing sure defeat: PM
Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said sensing their inevitable defeat in the election, the Jatiya Oikya Front has started flexing muscle across the country killing five Awami League leaders and activists and leaving over 400 injured.
No polls boycott, reaffirms Kamal
Expressing doubt about fair polls, Jatiya Oikya Front chief Kamal Hossain on Wednesday said they will not boycott the general election under any circumstances as they will create a strong resistance together with people against any election irregularity.
Ershad likely to return home tonight
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad is expected to return from Singapore to Dhaka tonight following his two-week treatment, says JP presidium member SM Faysal Chisti.
IWC withdrawal: Japan to resume commercial whaling in 2019
Japan has announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) next year, and will resume commercial hunting in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone from July.
Trump's message on Christmas Day: 'It's a disgrace'
In President Donald Trump's Christmas Day telling, the drugs are flowing over the border, the Federal Reserve is imperiling the economy and the Democrats are preparing to harass him with oversight requests.
