Bangladesh’s main opposition BNP demands cancellation of ‘dummy election’ and prime minister’s resignation, questions accuracy of voter turnout. BNP announces mass contact programme to mobilise public support for fresh election under non-party polls-time government. Awami League party won majority seats in Parliament, Jatiya Party got 11 seats, and independent candidates won in 62 seats. BNP […]
Voters in Bangladesh have cast ballots in a parliamentary election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League to seize a fourth consecutive term Source: Voters cast ballots in a Bangladesh election marred by violence and an opposition boycott Category: […]
Hundreds of shelters at the refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh were gutted with arson suspected. Source: Blaze at Bangladesh refugee camp leaves thousands of Rohingya homeless Category: News