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Voters stand in the queue at a polling station on the day of the 13th general election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh deployed more than nine lakh security personnel across the country as the general election and referendum for the July Charter started on Thursday (February 12, 2026)….
The Election Commission of Bangladesh has started the facilitation process with the help of international postal services that would allow voters to mail the ballots on time to be counted. File. | Photo Credit: AP For the first time in its independent history, Bangladesh will allow postal ballots in the upcoming election scheduled for February…
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Protesters during the August 2024 unrest that toppled the rule of Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh announced on Wednesday (November 5, 2025) cash rewards to surrender machine guns, rifles and pistols looted during an uprising last year, hoping to collect hundreds of weapons ahead of key elections. An estimated 6,000 firearms were…
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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. File. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s leader has warned that any deviation from planned elections would be “extremely dangerous”, as violent political rivalries deepen a year after the overthrow of longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The warning comes after protests in the South Asian nation, which left a key leader…
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