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Bangladesh election: Leader of Awami League's youth front killed in clash
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Rangamati [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): A leader from the Awami League's youth front died in a clash with Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) activists at a polling centre at Rangamati's Kaukhaliupazila on Sunday.
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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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'CBI presented pre-meditated theory to implicate political leaders in Sohr
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): A special CBI court has said that the CBI had presented a "pre-meditated theory" with the intention to implicate political leaders in the alleged fake encounters of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kaushar Bi and aide Tulsi Prajapati.
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UAE releases photos of princess who had allegedly tried to flee months bac
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Dec 25 (ANI): The first pictures of a princess of United Arab Emirates (UAE), who had reportedly made an abortive bid to run away months back, have been released by the government in an apparent effort to show that she was doing well.
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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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Bangladesh elections: A rocky road ahead for all parties
Updated : 7 years, 5 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, 5 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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CBI court acquits all accused in Sohrabuddin case
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): A special CBI court on Friday acquitted all 22 accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, citing unsatisfactory circumstantial evidence.
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West Bengal: LeT terrorist Naeem sentenced to death by fast-track court
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangaon (West Bengal), [India] Dec15 (ANI): Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Sheikh Naeem alias Sheikh Samir has been sentenced to death, confirmed a fast-track court of Bangaon in North 24 Parganas distrtict, West Bengal.
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