Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested meetings with the military-backed leadership next week to discuss national reconciliation.

Myanmar's ruling party concedes defeat in the country's general election as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appears on course for a landslide victory.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has been defeated in a stunning outcome to the electoral battle in the country's third-most populous state Bihar where a coalition of regional parties led by Nitish Kumar swept back to power.

Croatia's ruling centre-left coalition faces a challenge to stay in power, with the migrant crisis one of the main issues facing voters on Sunday.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she would be "above the president" if her National League for Democracy wins Sunday's election.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad says there is no room for any new registration ahead of the local government polls.

BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the government is conspiring to keep top BNP leaders away from polls by punishing them in “false cases”.

Eight days after the Election Commission (EC) declined to accept the nomination of Kader Siddique, president of Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL), for Tangail-4 by-polls, the High Court asks the EC to allow him take part in the election.

When Myanmar votes next month in what has been billed as its first free and fair election in 25 years, around 4 million of his fellow citizens, won't be taking part.

Next month's historic general election in Myanmar could be delayed, electoral officials and political parties say.

The cabinet has approved the drafts of the law that will allow registered political parties to nominate candidates in the local body elections.

Bangladesh Bar Council polls to elect the licensing and regulatory body are held peacefully across the country, except for some lawyers who failed to cast votes in Dhaka.

BNP alleges that the government has been hatching a conspiracy to make ineligible the party leaders including its chief Khaleda Zia for the next parliamentary polls.

BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon claims there is no idealistic relation between BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

Supreme Court orders authorities concerned to hold elections to Bangladesh Bar Council on August 13 through updating voter list.

Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a civil society platform for good governance, urges the government for reforms to the Election Commission in view of the recent city polls to Dhaka and Chittagong.

The apex court sets May 28 to deliver verdicts of three appeals filed challenging the High Court freeze on Bangladesh Bar Council elections.

Election to Bangladesh Bar Council, the highest body for regulating the country's lawyers, is deferred for a week due to anomalies in the voter list.

BNP-endorsed mayoral candidate Tabith Awal urges the Election Commission to hold fresh election to the Dhaka North City Corporation alleging widespread vote rigging and irregularities during Tuesday’s voting.

Several mayoral aspirants for the Dhaka North City Corporation observe that the prevailing problems of city dwellers cannot be solved due to absence of adequate power vested in a mayor.