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Bangladesh elections: Sheikh Hasina confident of victory
Updated : 7 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 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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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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Bangladesh elections: A rocky road ahead for all parties
Updated : 7 years, 3 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, 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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Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League to win third term: EIU
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec 13 (ANI): Speculations are high that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would win third consecutive term in Parliament in the elections on December 30 this year.
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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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PM Hasina doing miracle in building 'Shonar Bangla,' says Bangladesh Envoy
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali on Thursday said that his country was on the fast track to become a 'Shonar Bangla' or Golden Bengal under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Bangladeshi envoy calls for 'greater' Indian trade investment
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Describing Bangladesh as the "most liberal and business-friendly economy" in the region, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali has urged the Indian businessmen to make a greater investment in his country for mutual gains of the two closest ne
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2004 grenade attack: Khaleda Zia's son sentenced to life imprisonment
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 10 (ANI): As many as 19 people, including former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman, have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2004 grenade attack case.
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