Awami League, allies lead in Bangladesh pollsDHAKA - The Awami League (AL) of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and its allied parties were leading as counting was underway of votes cast in Bangladesh’s ninth general elections, according to unofficial results made available by the Election Commission late Monday evening. Bangladesh lodges formal protest with India over survey shipsDHAKA - Bangladesh Saturday lodged a formal protest with India over the alleged crossing by three Indian oil and gas survey ships into what it claims to be its waters and called for settling the maritime boundary by ‘mutual agreement’. Violence, promises as Bangladesh poll campaign endsDHAKA - Bangladesh’s shortest-ever poll campaign ended Saturday as voters prepared for the ninth general election Monday, hoping to end the 23-month rule by a military-backed caretaker regime. Bangladesh parties wooing non-Bengali votersDHAKA - The non-Bengali voters of Bangladesh, who migrated from Bihar in 1947, are debuting as voters in the upcoming general election and are being wooed with promises and posters in Urdu. Gloves are off as Dhaka poll campaign reaches crescendoDHAKA - The gloves are off in the last round of the poll campaign in Bangladesh with the two former prime ministers, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, levelling serious charges against each other. Bangladesh protests Indian ship crossing into its watersDHAKA - Bangladesh Friday asked India to postpone a deep sea survey in its waters until a wartime maritime boundary between the neighbouring countries is settled by mutual agreement. Hasina, Zia take pot-shots over alleged plots to kill themDHAKA - Two former prime ministers, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, are taking pot-shots at each other over alleged plots to assassinate them in the final campaign lap for Bangladesh’s parliamentary poll, scheduled Dec 29. Dhaka daily urges Pakistan to act against terrorismDHAKA - Hailing Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ruling out war in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack, a Dhaka daily has urged Pakistan to ‘go an extra mile’ in meeting its commitment to fight terrorism on its territory. Bangladeshi voter has faith in government, media on poll-eveDHAKA - As Bangladesh prepares for its much delayed ninth general election next week, the mood is positive with voters putting their faith in the military-backed caretaker government, the Election Commission and the media, a survey has indicated. US issues travel alert for BangladeshDHAKA - The US government Wednesday warned its citizens of risks when travelling to Bangladesh during the period around the elections slated for Dec 29. Bangladesh’s Zia seeks vote ‘to save Islam and country’DHAKA - Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia has been urging people to ’save Islam and the country’ by voting for her Islamist alliance nominees in the parliamentary election due Dec 29. Zia’s son figures in Siemens bribery scandalDHAKA - In a scandal that could be embarrassing in the run-up to the parliamentary polls, former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son has been accused of facilitating the entry of telecom giant Siemens in the country’s mobile phone network for monetary gains. Ensure strike-free politics, Dhaka businessmen urge HasinaDHAKA - Bangladesh’s business community Tuesday urged former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, leading a nine-party coalition into the parliamentary poll next Monday, to ensure political activities without violence and industrial strikes. HuJI chief gets death term for 2004 grenade attack on British envoyDHAKA - The chief of Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami (HuJI) and two others of the banned militant outfit were sentenced to death Tuesday for a grenade attack that seriously injured British envoy to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury and killed three people in May 2004. |
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