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Bangladesh election: Leader of Awami League's youth front killed in clash
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Rangamati [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): A leader from the Awami League's youth front died in a clash with Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) activists at a polling centre at Rangamati's Kaukhaliupazila on Sunday.
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Bangladesh elections: Sheikh Hasina confident of victory
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): Bangladesh incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is confident of the Awami League-led alliance, the Grand Alliance's win in the 11th Parliamentary elections.
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Polling underway in Bangladesh, mobile internet shut down
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): Polling for the 11th Parliamentary elections is underway across Bangladesh, with 104.2 million voters expected to cast their votes after an elections campaign that was dotted by violence.
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Bangladesh to elect new government today
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): Bangladesh is all set to choose a new representative in the Jatiya Sangshad or the unicameral legislature of the country for a period of next five years.
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Bangladesh election: A confident Awami League, a struggling Opposition
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 29 (ANI): If the predictions are not in the end proved wrong, Sheikh Hasina and her ruling Awami League, in alliance with a few small parties, will win a third consecutive term in power at the general election on Sunday.
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Security beefed up before Bangladesh polls on Sunday
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 29 (ANI): As Bangladesh prepares to go for polling on December 30 to elect a new Parliament in the country, armed forces have been deployed in 389 'upazilas' or administrative region till January 2.
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Bangladesh polls: Candidates attacked, offices vandalized across country
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 26 (ANI): Scores of political leaders and workers of various parties were injured in continuing attacks across Bangladesh ahead of the 11th general elections here, slated to take place on December 30.
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B'desh EC bars live coverage of elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 24 (ANI): The Bangladesh Election Commission has barred television channels in the country to live broadcast from inside the polling centres during the General Elections on December 30, while deciding not to issue press stickers for the journalists travelling on motor
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B'desh cricketer Mashrafe Mortaza begins campaigning from home constituenc
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 23 (ANI): Mashrafe Mortaza, captain of Bangladesh cricket team in ODIs, has begun the electoral campaign for BAL for the ensuing parliamentary elections from his home constituency Narail.
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Bangladesh elections: A rocky road ahead for all parties
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): In a little over a week, Bangladesh will go to polls to elect a new parliament. Pitted against the Sheikh Hasina-led ruling Awami League (AL) and its various allies is the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which had boycotted the last parliamentary electi
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Facebook, Twitter remove fake sites, accounts ahead of B'desh elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 22 (ANI): Social networking giants Facebook and Twitter have removed dozens of fake news sites and accounts pertaining to information praising the government and criticising the opposition parties ahead of the Bangladesh general elections.
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Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League to win third term: EIU
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec 13 (ANI): Speculations are high that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would win third consecutive term in Parliament in the elections on December 30 this year.
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