Bangladesh to hold presidential election on August 20: EC
President Mohammed Shahabuddin, 76, who was a longtime ally of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on health grounds before completing his five-year term
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Bangladesh's ruling BNP authorises PM Tarique Rahman to finalise Presidential candidate
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad took charge as the acting president after Mohammed Shahabuddin resigned as president on July 24
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Pakistani convicted of plotting to kill Trump over death of Iran commander
Asif Merchant was convicted of planning to kill President Trump and other U.S. politicians at Iran's direction. He admitted involvement but claimed duress. Law enforcement thwarted the plot.
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EVM an aggregator of votes, can’t be used in presidential, vice-presidential elections
EVMs are not used in presidential, vice presidential, Rajya Sabha, and state legislative council elections. Existing EVMs aggregate votes for direct elections and cannot handle the proportional representation system with single transferable votes, which requires preference-based vote computation.
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Donald Trump continues personal attacks against Kamala Harris, calls her ‘defective’
Donald Trump attacked Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent in the upcoming presidential election, calling her 'defective' following her recent CNN interview. He believes her performance in the interview was detrimental to her campaign and stated that the US doesn't need another 'defective' president, seemingly referencing Biden, who recently endorsed Harris. Trump expressed frustration over initially targeting Biden in the campaign before his withdrawal and subsequent endorsement of Harris. This attack is part of a pattern of personal attacks from Trump towards Harris as her political influence has grown.
