Polls rescheduled for Dec 30
The Election Commission on Monday rescheduled the 11th parliamentary elections for December 30 deferring the schedule it announced four days ago on November 8.
Decision on polls deferral Monday, says CEC
The chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said the commission will sit in a meeting on Monday and decide whether the election date for 11th parliamentary polls would be deferred or not.
BNP finally decides to join polls
Leaving behind all the concerns and confusions, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which had boycotted the last general election, has finally decided to join the upcoming one and will send a letter to the Election Commission on Sunday seeking deferment of the polls by one month.
Death toll rises to 23 in California's Camp Fire
The death toll in the Camp Fire in Northern California has risen to 23 with the discovery Saturday of 14 more sets of remains, Butte County Sheriff and Coroner Kory Honea told reporters.
AL, JOF yet to inform EC about allies
Neither ruling Awami League nor opposition Jatiya Oikya Front informed Election Commission till Saturday about their political allies for the upcoming parliamentary polls as the deadline for the task expires today.
WSJ: Draft indictment detailed Trump's role in hush money scheme
Federal prosecutors prepared a detailed 80-page indictment against Michael Cohen that outlined President Donald Trump's role in directing payments to women to keep quiet about alleged affairs, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Mass arrests of opposition activists continue
Opposition activists, mainly from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, continue to be arrested in a huge number across the country, which has crowded the prisons more than their capacity.
Demands to be realised through movement: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the demands of the Jatiya Oikya Front had to be realised through movement and the polls schedule was not acceptable until a level playing field was created.
11th JS polls on December 23
Despite protest of opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front, the Election Commission on Thursday announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections fixing the polling date on December 23.
At least 11 wounded, some fatally, in shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks
A shooter opened fire in a packed bar in Southern California during college night, wounding at least 11 people, some fatally, authorities said.
