In her message to India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, ''We are very lucky...India is our trusted friend. During our Liberation War, they supported us...After 1975, when we lost our whole family...they gave us shelter. So our best wishes to the people of India."
"Our country is sovereign and independent...We have a big population. We have established people's democratic rights...I want to make sure that democracy should continue in this country and without democracy, you can't make any development. As we are a long-term democratic system from 200
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.
At least 14 polling centres and two schools in 10 districts of Bangladesh were set on fire between Friday evening and early Saturday, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.
The Bangladesh Election Commission's election application, "Smart Election Management BD" crashed on the eve of general elections scheduled to be held on January 7, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.
Ahead of the Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, the country's Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen has expressed his optimism about Sheikh Hasina clinching her fourth term in office, underlining that the country will maintain the same policy towards its neighbour, particularly India.
With 849 registered transgender voters in the country, Anowara Islam Rani's candidature from Rangpur-3, the northern party in the country, marks a significant stride towards inclusivity.
On the deployment of law-enforcement agencies in Bangladesh ahead of general elections, the country's Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habib-ul Awal has said that the elections are not always peaceful and sometimes become turbulent, which is why the forces are deployed to maintain law and
Ahead of the general elections set to be held tomorrow in Bangladesh, the country's opposition party, the BNP, staged a massive protest in Dhaka's Paltan area today.
Amid pre-poll violence in Bangladesh, Foreign Secretary, Masud Bin Momen on Saturday called for political stability in the country and warned that any de-stability will be disastrous for this huge population.