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First time in its history, Bangladesh to try postal ballots in 2026 election

January 1, 2026 admin

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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Bangladesh’s Islamist party open to unity government after February vote

December 31, 2025 admin

Shafiqur  Rahman, Ameer (President) Jamaat-e-Islami, poses for a photograph after an interview with Reuters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A once-banned Bangladeshi Islamist party, poised for its strongest electoral showing in polls in February, is open to joining a unity government and has held talks with several parties, its…

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Bangladesh’s first female Prime Minister Khaleda Zia dies at 80

December 30, 2025 admin

Bangladesh’s former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2017. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s first female prime ‌minister, Khaleda Zia, died after a prolonged illness, her opposition ⁠Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on ⁠Tuesday (December 30, 2025). “The BNP Chairperson…

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7 arrested over Hindu man’s lynching in Bangladesh

December 20, 2025 admin

According to the police, Mr. Das, a factory worker, was first beaten up by a mob outside the factory over blasphemy allegations and hanged from a tree. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: PTI Seven people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, the interim government announced on…

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Bangladesh uprising leader Sharif Osman Hadi dies in Singapore; Bangla daily Prothom Alo’s office attacked at the capital’s Karwan Bazar

December 18, 2025 admin

Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of the July Uprising who was shot last week, died on Thursday (December 18, 2025) while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital after fighting for his life for six days. Hadi, also a candidate in the scheduled February 12 general elections, was shot in the head by masked gunmen…

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Bangladesh electoral scheduling amid political unrest casts a cloud of doubt

December 16, 2025 admin

It is Friday noon in Dhaka (2:25 p.m. local time), just hours after the announcement of the national election schedule. In the capital’s busy Bijoy Nagar area, Sharif Osman Hadi, a key leader of last year’s uprising and an independent candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot in the head by unidentified assailants on a motorcycle in broad daylight. Mr. Hadi remains…

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Direct flights between Pakistan, Bangladesh from December

November 26, 2025 admin

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Direct flights between Pakistan and Bangladesh will begin from next month, a significant leap in strengthening connectivity between the two countries,” said Dhaka’s top diplomat on Wednesday (November 26, 2025). “There has been no direct flight between Pakistan and Bangladesh for the last several years. As…

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Watch: As Bangladesh seeks Sheikh Hasina’s extradition, what does the India-Bangladesh treaty say?

November 25, 2025 admin

The interim government of Bangladesh has sent a letter to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs seeking Sheikh Hasina’s extradition. What are the terms of the extradition treaty between the two countries? Source link

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On Bangladesh’s extradition request for Hasina, Delhi has several options

November 18, 2025 admin

As Bangladesh’s National Security Advisor Khalilur Rahman arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday (November 18, 2025), and Dhaka prepares a ‘note verbale’, the Indian government is considering its response to Bangladesh’s demand for the extradition of its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. During his visit to Delhi, Mr. Rahman is expected to meet with NSA…

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Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina warns of mass voter boycott as Awami League party barred from election

October 29, 2025 admin

Millions of supporters of Bangladesh’s Awami League will boycott next year’s national election, after the party was barred from contesting the polls, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Reuters on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) from her exile in New Delhi. Ms. Hasina, 78, said she would not return to Bangladesh under any government formed after…

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