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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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Bangladesh: 8 arrested for spreading rumours ahead of elections
Updated : 7 years, 2 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, 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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Bangladesh: Opposition calls for CEC's resignation
Updated : 7 years, 3 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, 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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B'desh cricketer Mashrafe Mortaza begins campaigning from home constituenc
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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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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General Elections: UN is closely monitoring situation in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka (Bangladesh) Dec 21 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) is closely monitoring the situation in Bangladesh where the general parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place on December 30, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Friday.
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Pakistan's plot to back Khalistan movement exposed
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Dec 18 (ANI): In a major turn of events, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), the US-based pro-Khalistan organisation that has been desperately trying to propagate pro-Khalistan sentiments across the globe, wrote to Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan to "politically support Referen
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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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