On 30 December 2015, local government polls took place in 234 municipalities in Bangladesh amid reports of violence, irregularities, and vote-rigging.

The number of examination irregularities grew 60 per cent to 2,709 as the impact of the teachers' strike and poor supervision witnessed in this year's Standard 8 examination began to be felt. There were 1,702 candidates caught cheating in the 2014 Kenya Certificate of Primary Examinations (KCPE), which means there were 1,007 more candidates engaged in cheating this year. The rise in the vice will also put ban of ranking…

Xinhua News Agency reported that National People's Congress changed Chinese law and permitted Chinese families to have two children. It is stated, “State supports right of every family to have two children.” This law will become operative by January 1, 2016.  

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo refrained from openly rejecting the idea of joining the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition of 34 countries to fight terrorism, but his chief security czar announced the government’s decision to distance itself from the anti-terrorist coalition.