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Bangladesh elections: Sheikh Hasina heading for clear win
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League is all set to retain power as the trends of the counting of votes suggest that her party is heading for a massive win.
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Vote counting begins in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): The counting of votes cast in the 11th General Elections in Bangladesh, which concluded at 4 pm on Sunday, is now underway in the nation. The polling began early morning on Sunday, which was marked by heavy violence, claiming as many as 12 lives and injuring
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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 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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UN calls for violence-free polls in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 27 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has called on all stakeholders in Bangladesh to "ensure an environment free of violence, intimidation and coercion before, during and after the elections" on December 27.
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Indonesia: Threat of another tsunami looms as volcano continues to erupt
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Dec 26 (ANI): Indonesia has sounded an extreme weather warning till December 27 and has asked people to beware of lightning, landslides and floods due to heavy rains and the continued eruption of the volcanic Mount Anak Krakatoa.
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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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Death toll in Indonesia tsunami touches 168
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Dec 23 (ANI): At least 168 people have lost their lives in the devastating tsunami that struck the Sunda Strait on Saturday night, with 745 people being reported as injured by Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
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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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