More than 42,000 polling stations are set for Sunday’s elections, where a total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to cast their votes, reports Election Commission.
Rights groups say the country of 170 million is headed for virtual one-party rule, after the boycott by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and some of its smaller allies.
Friday night saw a train being set on fire in Dhaka and a Buddhist temple charred at Cox’s Bazar. A tired nation wonders where will Bangladesh be after Hasina returns to power
Even as Modi govt steadfastly backs the ruling Awami League and Hasina, experts say New Delhi risks putting all its eggs in one basket in the long-run.
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'.
BNP has said ‘false votes should not be cast in the name of the dead like in previous polls’. Party is also distributing pamphlets asking citizens not to vote in Sunday’s national elections.
Among 382 independent candidates in Bangladesh elections, 152 have chosen the eagle as their poll symbol. It's either Awami League's winning strategy or the opposition's.
Labour court gives Yunus, three others one month to file an appeal in high court to challenge judgement. They will also not need to go to prison immediately.
The idea of an Islamic East Bengal was preached only by orthodox groups. Now, intellectuals, activists and even some Leftist politicians hark back to 1947.
New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...
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