Oikya Front to meet EC Wednesday seeking further polls deferral
A delegation of Jatiya Oikya Front, led by Kamal Hossain, will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday, seeking deferment of the national election by a month.
Jewish group says K-Pop band BTS should apologize over Nazi-style hats
Korean boy band BTS have been criticized by a Jewish human rights group for posing in headgear featuring a Nazi-style symbol.
Polls won’t be deferred further: CEC
The chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday said the EC had no more option to reschedule the polling date from December 30.
44 dead in California fires as the Camp Fire becomes the deadliest in state history
An additional 13 sets of human remains were discovered Monday in Northern California, bringing the death toll from the Camp Fire to 42, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state's history, the sheriff of Butte County said.
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.
