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Bangladesh: ACC approves chargesheet against BNP leader Falu, wife
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 22 (ANI): Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved two chargesheets filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Mosaddek Ali Falu and his wife Mahbuba Sultana in connection with undisclosed properties and assets worth 17.86 crore B
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Fresh arrest warrant against Khaleda Zia
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 21 (ANI): A Dhaka court has issued a fresh arrest warrant against jailed former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a 2014 case where she is accused of making inflammatory comments and hurting religious sentiments.
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Eradicate drug abuse, terrorism, militancy, corruption: Sheikh Hasina to H
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka (Bangladesh) Jan 20 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday asked the country's Home Ministry to work towards eradicating drug abuse, terrorism, militancy and the 'black disease' of corruption spread by the military dictators who ruled the country in the past.
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Will work for all: Bangladesh PM
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 20 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that her government would strive to work for the welfare of the people and that all development policies reach and benefit the masses.
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Holding all the cards: Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 11 (ANI): Sheikh Hasina has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for a third consecutive term and her fourth overall. This follows the unsurprising victory in elections to the 11th parliament. What was unexpected, however, was the scale of the Awami League
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Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina takes oath as PM for 4th time
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 7 (ANI): Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Monday. This is the fourth time that Hasina has become the prime minister of the South Asian country. It is also her third consecutive term in the office.
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Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina to take oath as PM on Monday
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 6 (ANI): Sheikh Hasina will be be sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh on January 7, following her party's sweeping victory in the 11th Parliamentary elections, which were held across the country on December 30.
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B'desh polls: Newly-elected MPs take oath, BNP-led Opposition boycott cere
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 3 (ANI): The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led Jatiya Oikya Front boycotted the swearing-in ceremony, even as the remaining newly-elected lawmakers, including those from the Awami League, took the oath here on Thursday.
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Bangladesh: Lawmakers to be sworn in on Jan 3
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 1 (ANI): The newly elected Bangladesh lawmakers will be sworn in on January 3 at the Jatiya Sangsad here.
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Jatiya Oikya Front lost due to 'criminal activities': Hasina
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 31 (ANI): Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led Jatiya Oikya Front (National Unity Front) lost the 11th General Elections of the country as the alliance was indulging in "criminal activities."
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Amid vote-rigging claims by Opposition, B'desh EC rules out re-election
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 31 (ANI): With the opposition Jatiya Oikya Front (National Unity Front) crying foul over rigging, fraud and government intimidation in recently-held parliamentary elections, the Bangladesh Election Commission on Monday rejected their claims, ruling out any chance o
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South Asian leaders greet Sheikh Hasina on her massive election victory
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 31 (ANI): Congratulatory messages poured in for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, a day after her ruling Awami League party's decisive victory in the parliamentary elections, confirming her re-election for a third consecutive term.
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