Disappointingly, citizens who participated in the process overwhelmingly voted to retain the current flag, which some have lovingly dubbed a “Seal on a Bedsheet” — or SOB. Voters were presented 13 ...

We carried miniature Bangladeshi flags and twirled them in joy and brandished our best clothes for pictures. We embraced one another with renewed hope. I listened as my uncles and my dad held their ...

A women’s rights organisation in Bangladesh has reported 189 instances of violence against women in the country in February alone, prising open uncomfortable questions for the interim government ...

Click here to see the submitted flags that didn’t make the cut. The winning design, pictured above, is from graphic designer Shan Rodich. Here’s what the symbols mean, according to the ...

CLEVELAND — After months of community engagement, hundreds of design submissions and thousands of votes, the Cleveland Flag Project has officially unveiled its new symbol: The People’s Flag of ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA / WGN) — The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren’t the final say. One design from Champaign received the second ...

The current flag, which features a classic seal of a bald eagle on a plain white background, received more votes than the next six top designs combined. “Some may call it an SOB — a seal on a bedsheet ...

The public had a chance to vote for a new flag from one of 12 designs or keep the current one. And after five weeks of voting, the current flag won — and by a lot. Of the nearly 385,000 votes ...

Of the nearly 385,000 votes that were received, more than 165,000, or 43 percent, were cast for the current state flag, which received more votes than the next five top designs combined.

(WIFR) - The current state flag design received 43% of the votes, making it the decisive winner in the flag redesign contest. Voters had the choice between ten new designs and three former designs ...

The Illinois Flag Commission chose the finalists, which included 10 new designs and three former flags, from nearly 5,000 entries submitted over six weeks last October. The online vote results are non ...