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Molotov cocktails hurled at polling booths, BNP workers clash with cops as Bangladesh heads to polls

Bangladesh's top cop says 'saboteurs had planned to create panic among public on election day by causing loud explosions or attacking polling booths using Molotov cocktails'.

Safe minorities, ‘smart Bangladesh’, Dalit & transgender uplift: Awami League releases poll manifesto

PM Sheikh Hasina says ‘Bangladesh will be established as a high-middle-income country by 2031 and a developed one by 2041’. Bangladesh headed for national polls on 7 January.

Bloodshed in Bangladesh amid BNP’s anti-Hasina protest — ‘cops struck with machetes, protester dead’

Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party has called a three-day hartal from Tuesday to protest against what it terms the Hasina govt's violent crackdown on protests for her resignation.

Awami League dismisses new US visa policy for Bangladesh — ‘US not guardian to world’

Shammi Ahmed, International Affairs Secretary of Awami League, talks about US policy that restricts visas for Bangladesh nationals believed to have ‘undermined democratic election process’.  

‘We will protect Hindus at all costs’, says Bangladesh home minister ahead of January elections

Sheikh Hasina government’s secular credentials are questioned every time Hindus are attacked in Bangladesh. “Won’t let terror succeed,” her Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan insists.

‘Jail Killing Day’ — when Bangladesh’s four founding leaders were assassinated in jail

Four senior Awami League leaders, who played a crucial role in the 1971 war for Bangladesh's liberation, were assassinated in Dhaka Central Jail on 3 November 1975.

Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM for third consecutive term

Sheikh Hasina took oath as the prime minister after her Grand Alliance won 96 per cent seats in the recently concluded Bangladesh election.

‘Over-managed’ elections tarnish image of rising star Bangladesh

Few governments anywhere will celebrate Sheikh Hasina's re-election. An illiberal democracy is no less dangerous just because it happens to be run by a liberal.

PM Modi congratulates Sheikh Hasina on winning Bangladesh elections

Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh's founder has won a historic fourth term as prime minister in the country's 11th parliamentary elections.

Bangladesh’s Hasina gains early vote lead in bid for fourth term

The results put Sheikh Hasina, 71, in position to extend her rule as longest-serving premier since independence in 1971.

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Exact root cause of rosacea skin disease is a mystery. It steals confidence and comfort

No two rosacea stories are the same. While there may be no “cure,” there are many doors that open toward relief, control, and renewed confidence.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.