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Bangladesh: Women barred from voting in two constituencies
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): In the polling for the 11th General Elections in Bangladesh on Sunday, women were denied the right to vote in the constituencies of Noakhali-4 and Chattogram-2.
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10 killed in Bangladesh poll violence
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): At least 10 people, including a law enforcement official, lost their lives in poll-related violence in Bangladesh on Sunday. The death toll is likely to go up as violence continues to rage in some pockets of the country despite heightened security.
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Bangladesh elections: Sheikh Hasina confident of victory
Updated : 7 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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Bangladesh: 8 arrested for spreading rumours ahead of elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 29 (ANI): Eight people have been arrested from different parts of the capital city for allegedly spreading rumours regarding the 11th general election.
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Security beefed up before Bangladesh polls on Sunday
Updated : 7 years, 5 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: Opposition calls for CEC's resignation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 26 (ANI): Merely four days before the 11th General Elections, the Jatiya Oikya Front here has called for the Chief Election Commissioner's (CEC) resignation, accusing him of bias.
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Bangladesh polls: Candidates attacked, offices vandalized across country
Updated : 7 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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