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"We will win": Bangladeshi actor Ferdous Ahmed confident of Awami League's
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
"We are very excited and eagerly waiting for this moment. PM has just submitted her vote. The whole is coming to the centres and voting...We will win, I am 100 per cent confident. I will win and my PM will come back to power for the fifth time," he said.
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Bangladesh to vote in national elections today amid tight security
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
More than 42,000 polling stations are set for Sunday's elections, where a total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to cast their votes, as reported by the country's Election Commission.
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Protests against wheat price hike enters 11th day in PoK's several cities
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
For the eleventh consecutive day, protests against the surge in wheat prices and the removal of subsidies persisted in various cities across Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PoK), the vernacular media Daily K2 reported.
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Ahead of polls, Bangladesh Nationalist Party holds massive protest in Dhak
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday staged a massive protest in Dhaka's Paltan area.
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Bangladesh: Opposition BNP calls for 48-hour nationwide "hartal" ahead of
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahead of the January 7 general elections in Bangladesh, the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), issued a call for a 48-hour nationwide 'hartal' (general strike) commencing on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's "illegal government,"
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Pakistan: Tribunal approves former federal minister Sheikh Rashid's nomina
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Tribunal declared the decision of returning officers as void and approved the nomination papers of Pakistan's leader for Rawalpindi's National Assembly constituencies NA-56 and NA-57.
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Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan to contest election from hometown con
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangladesh Star cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, currently captain of the one-day team, is contesting from his hometown constituency, Magura, for the incumbent Awami League (AL) party, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.
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Pak former minister Sheikh Rashid's nomination papers rejected over unpaid
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
It should be noted that the nomination papers of Sheikh Rashid from NA-56 and Rashid Shafiq from NA-57 were rejected by the returning officers.
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Awami Action Committee to hold protest over surge in whe
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Awami Action Committee organised a Gilgit grand Jirga over the wheat price hike and also announced protest sit-ins in all districts, including Gilgit, from January 2.
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Disqualified as my victory was assured: Former Pakistan Interior Minister
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan's former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) supremo Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified him from contesting the election as they were assured of his success in the upcoming polls, The News International reported
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"Give befitting reply to foreign conspirators through votes": Bangladesh P
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing a rally in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj, Hasina said, "The goal of the conspirators is that there will be no election in our country; here they will bring a third party...What can the third party do? They can't do any development of the country. You had seen what they did in 200
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Wheat subsidy protest represents struggle for autonomy
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
People in Pak-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan have been protesting for months now. All political, religious and social organisations are demonstrating against the government's decision to increase the wheat price and end subsidies.
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