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Bangladesh: Post-election tensions in Panchagarh trigger NCP-BNP face-off
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Post-election tensions in Panchagarh triggered allegations by NCP leader Sarjis Alam of attacks on party members. BNP leaders denied involvement, calling the claims exaggerated. Police said only minor disturbances were reported and no major incidents or formal complaints had been recorded
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Bangladesh: BNP office set ablaze in Narayanganj days after landslide elec
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
A BNP office in Rupganj, Narayanganj, was allegedly set on fire around 3:45 am on Saturday. Police identified two suspects and began an investigation. The incident occurred days after BNP's election victory. Locals doused the flames. BNP leaders linked the attack to rivals. A formal compl
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Bangladesh National Polls: Activist Nasreen warns of Jamaat's Islamist thr
Updated : 1 month ago IST
In a statement, Nasreen warned against what she described as the "Islamist threat" posed by Jamaat, while cautioning that the BNP would face "very serious challenges" if either of them came to power.
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Crude bomb explosion at Munshiganj polling centre disrupts voting amid Ban
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The explosion occurred at the Makhati Gurucharan High School polling station in Mollakandi Union of Sadar upazila, drawing rapid response from law enforcement but no confirmed reports of casualties.
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Political landscape heats up in Bangladesh ahead of elections
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Ahead of the national parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, the political situation has become heated. A leader named Osman Hadi, who was one of the prominent figures in the movement against Sheikh Hasina and a potential independent candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot on Friday
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"Whoever responsible will face action": Munger DIG on Lakhisarai incident
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Munger Range Rakesh Kumar on Thursday said an investigation is currently underway and whoever is responsible will face strict action, after RJD supporters in Khoriari village surrounded the car of Deputy CM and BJP candidate Vijay Kumar Sinha, pelted stones
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Bihar Polls: ECI calls for strict action after slippers, stones hurled at
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday directed the Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) to take immediate action after supporters of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) allegedly surrounded the convoy of BJP candidate Vijay Kumar Sinha in Khoriari village, hurling stone
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"Bihar polls will be conducted in a peaceful, law-abiding and transparent
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday asserted that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has "zero tolerance" towards violence and assured that the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections will be held in a completely "peaceful, law-abiding and transparent manner."
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ECI has zero tolerance towards violence, our officers ready to conduct pea
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
"I want to appeal to everyone to come and participate in the election process, and everyone come to exercise their right to vote. On the topic of violence, Election Commission wants to make it clear that the Election Commission has zero tolerance towards violence. No incident of violence
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Over 700 reported dead in Tanzania post-poll clashes
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"As we speak, the number of deaths in [Dar-es-Salaam] is around 350 and there are more than 200 in Mwanza," Chadema party spokesperson John Kitoka said on Friday, referring to the commercial capital in northern Tanzania.
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Jan Suraaj party worker shot dead in Mokama during campaign clash ahead of
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to Abhishek Singh, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Barh-2, the firing broke out when the convoys of two parties crossed paths and an altercation ensued.
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Over 500 CAPF companies deployed ahead Bihar Assembly elections
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The deployment includes 121 companies from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and around 400 from the Border Security Force (BSF), along with contingents from other CAPFs such as the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), and Sashastra Seema Bal
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