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.
PM to join polls rallies through video-conference
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina will join election campaign in three districts through a videoconference on Thursday.
Opposition candidates attacked, campaigners prosecuted
Opposition candidates for the December 30 general election have alleged that without taking any action against continued attacks on them and their electioneering by ruling Awami League activists, the police continue prosecuting their campaigners, including elected representatives, for those incidents.
গণতন্ত্র নিয়ে সমস্যা পশ্চিমা দেশেও আছে
গণতন্ত্র এবং নির্বাচন নিয়ে সমস্যা পশ্চিমা দেশেও আছে। আমেরিকায়ও আমরা নির্বাচন নিয়ে সমস্যা দেখছি। তারা নিজেদের বিষয় নিয়ে ব্যস্ত।
More populism, growing rifts and further instability ahead in 2019
2019 will be the year of growing rifts. Populists will claim they have the answers; traditionalists will say nothing is wrong they can't fix. But be sure of one thing: Our old, comfortable order is going to change -- and not in an incremental way that we can more or less handle.
