cost-of-living

New Zealanders will go to the polls on November 7 to elect a new government. The rising cost of living, unemployment and healthcare are among voters’ main concerns. They will elect members of Parliament on the day. Opinion polls released ahead of the election show no clear frontrunner among the parties or candidates. In the 2023 election, incumbent centre-right Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s party won on a pledge to “strengthen the economy.” How does the voting system work? New Zealand holds...

Prime Minister’s Information Affairs Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman has explained why he is not protesting the increase in fuel prices now despite protesting fuel price hikes during the Awami League government. In his explanation, he said the Awami League government had no legitimacy. But the current BNP government is a government elected by the people’s votes. Zahed said this at a weekly press conference on the progress of the government’s work at the Department of Information at the Secretaria...