Elections

Almost simultaneously with the hearings at the International Court of Justice, which ended yesterday, January 29, and will now see the Court assessing the evidence provided by both Gambian and Myanmar lawyers regarding the genocide of the Rohingya, on Sunday,…

Geneva (Switzerland): At least 12 Bangladeshi journalists were injured in an attack by extortionists and terrorists in the Narsingdi locality of the South Asian nation on 26 January 2026, as the media professionals were returning to Dhaka by bus after…

Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its head of state have overshadowed his less brazen but possibly more effective regime-change operation in Honduras. No one can be sure if the National Party’s Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura really won the presidential…

The global community may denounce the ongoing three-phase elections in Myanmar (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh) as a probable way to transform the Southeast Asian country into a multi-party democracy, but the military rulers continue enhancing business ties with…

The military-ruled Myanmar (earlier known as Burma and Brahmadesh) staged the first phase of the general election on 28 December 2025 amid a civil war-like situation across the Southeast Asian nation with visibly low voter turnout. It covered 102 out…

by Maruf Ul Alam (Dhaka Bureau) Tarique Rahman, the Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has returned home to a royal reception. After living in exile for nearly 17 years, he returned to Bangladesh on December 25. He…

On December 29, elections will begin in Myanmar – the Burmese call them sham elections —which will be held until January 11, 2026, with a subsequent phase. Meanwhile, the junta’s army has been heavily bombing villages in the areas occupied…

In the US, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Chile, Argentina, Hungary, Slovakya, Austria and others the far right political movements have gained space, are in power or have gained the latest elections. A fast growing phenomenon not seen for a…

With a 16.6-point lead, the far-right candidate won the second round of elections held today, December 14 [2025], making Kast the President-elect of Chile. This was not a surprise, as polls had already predicted his victory, but the percentages varied…

An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras. Trump has succeeded in closing the door to progressive government and in all likelihood his preferred…