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Bangladesh polls: Candidates attacked, offices vandalized across country
Updated : 7 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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's fight against Islamic terror might help her keep power in
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Siliguri [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Apart from the noticeable socio-economic growth track, what is favourable for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comeback is her government's "zero-tolerance" policy to counter violent extremism.
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BNP-ISI conspiracies exposed in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 12 (ANI): Secret agencies in Bangladesh have exposed the alleged nexus between pro-jihadist Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) who were planning to target the members of a court dealing with war crimes.
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Bangladesh elections will be genuine and credible: EU
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Nov 21 (ANI): The European Union (EU) has expressed confidence that the upcoming general elections in Bangladesh will be "genuine, credible and transparent."
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Orphanage case: Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia's sentence doubled
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 30 (ANI): A Bangladesh court on Tuesday extended the sentence of former Prime Minister and chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
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Indonesia quake-tsunami: Death toll rises to 1,558
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Sulawesi [Indonesia], Oct 5 (ANI): Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed that the death toll in the earthquake and tsunami that struck Indonesia's Sulawesi islands rose to 1,558 on Friday.
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Volcano erupts in quake-hit Indonesia
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Sulawesi [Indonesia], Oct 3 (ANI): Mount Soputan, a volcanic mountain, erupted here at 8:47 am (Central Indonesian Time) on Wednesday, according to Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB).
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PM Modi offers condolences to Indonesian President over earthquake, Tsunam
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 01 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called Indonesian President H. E. Joko Widodo, offering his condolences over the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Sulawesi region of the island nation.
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