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Bangladesh PM congratulates India's Modi on election victory
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a message addressed to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, congratulated the victory of the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 18th Lok Sabha elections, according to an official press release...
Lanka economic recovery needs no referendum
GOVERNMENT leaders appear to be considering all options for remaining in office beyond the constitutionally mandated periods of five years for the presidency and parliament. The United National Party general secretary, Palitha Range Bandara has announced that the government is considering postponing both the...
The nightmare for Indian Muslims is over
THE most important outcome of the results of the recent parliamentary elections in India is that the nightmare for Indian Muslims is over...
Low turnout again in 4th phase of upazila polls聽
The month-long upazila parishad elections ended on Wednesday with the fourth and final phase, when voting was held in 60 upazilas of 26 districts...
AL-led alliance to hold programmes after Eid
The Awami League-led political alliance is going to hold programmes 鈥榩rotesting against anarchies鈥� after Eid-ul-Azha following a long gap since the general elections held on January 7...
EC must now investigate wealth mismatch of candidates
TRANSPARENCY International Bangladesh has earlier made public its findings form the analysis it carried out on the affidavits that the candidates submitted to the Election Commission running in both the national and local government elections...
Govt must enforce laws to stop illegal landowning
NO ENFORCEMENT of the laws that bar individuals, families or bodies from holding more than 100 bighas, or roughly 33 acres, of land, including 60 bighas, or 19.83 acres, of agricultural land, keeps allowing many to acquire and own land beyond the limit...
Indian Lok Sabha elections conclude today
The Lok Sabha elections in India will come to a close today as the final phase of voting takes place in 57 constituencies across eight states and Union territories...
India鈥檚 economy grows 8.2pc
India posted growth of 8.2 per cent in the year to March on Friday, in a last-minute boost to prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 economic credentials the day before national elections conclude...
Irregularities mark third phase of upazila polls
Massive irregularities, rigging, violence, and boycotts marked the third phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Wednesday amid low voter turnout...
HC asks jailers to respond to demand for post-mortem reports
The High Court on Tuesday asked the jail authorities to respond in 30 days to a lawyer鈥檚 letter seeking post-mortem reports of 13 leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who died in jail custody before January 7 parliamentary elections and in the aftermath of it...
Why Modi claims he has won
FIFTY-SEVEN races are still to be decided on Saturday, but prime minister Narendra Modi says he has already won a thumping majority. Let us see the mind more than the logic at work here...
Selim Pradhan鈥檚 house attacked in N鈥檊anj
Allegations of repeated attacks and gunfire occurred at the residence of Japan-Bangladesh Group鈥檚 chairman Selim Pradhan at Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj, in support of defeated candidates in the Rupganj upazila parishad elections...
Presiding officer among four sued, 2 arrested
A case has been filed against four people, including the presiding officer, for negligence in Rajnagar upazila parishad elections of Moulvibazar...
Five injured, 20 houses vandalised in Satkhira post-elections violence
At least five people sustained injuries after post-poll attacks allegedly by the supporters of a rival group in Satkhira鈥檚 Ashashuni upazila on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning...
One killed as violence, low turnout mark second phase of upazila polls
At least one person was killed and several injured in clashes during the polling of the second phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Tuesday amid...
Over 30pc voter turnout in second phase of Upazila elections: CEC
The voter turnout in the second phase of upazila elections on Tuesday was estimated to be above 30 per cent, chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said...
Second phase voting of upazila polls starts in several districts
Voting in the second phase of Upazila Parishad election began on Tuesday at 8:00am and it will continue until 4:00pm...
Greece PM urges EU defend consumers against multinationals
Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on the EU to take on multinationals unfairly restricting the sale of goods in the single market, leading to higher prices for struggling consumers...
Chairman candidate accuses state minister of threatening voters
A chairman candidate in the Puthia upazila paishad elections in Rajshahi on Thursday accused state minister for rural development and cooperatives Abdul Wadud Dara of intimidating and threatening voters...
BNP expels 52 more leaders for contesting upazila elections
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday expelled 52 more of its grassroots leaders for contesting the ongoing upazila parishad elections ignoring the party decision of boycotting the polls under the Awami League government...
Lanka: free and fair elections
ELECTIONS provide a unique situation where people become equal regardless of their class or ethnic and religious identity. This offers space to rival politicians to address their unmet needs. The government has commenced several development initiatives..
Indian elections
THE Islamophobic rhetoric being employed by Narendra Modi for this election campaign has become shrill. Pakistan has nearly always been an electoral issue in India...
AL takes most upazilas in first phase
Leaders of the ruling Awami League and its associated bodies won the chairman post in most of the upazilas in the first phase of upazila parishad elections held on Wednesday amid low turnout and boycott by the most opposition parties...
Low turnout, violence mark polling
The first phase of upazila parishad elections was held on Wednesday amid clashes in some places, low voter turnout, and boycott by most opposition parties, including the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
Answers and questions remain
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party is in for another round and many Indian commentators are saying that it is because he is turning 鈥業ndia鈥� into a nation and giving people a sense of pride and security that they did not have before...
Voting in first phase upazila parishad elections ends
Voting in the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election in 139 upazilas across Bangladesh ended on Wednesday afternoon...
Voting continues in first phase of upazila polls amid tight security
Voting for the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election was underway across 139 upazilas nationwide on Wednesday, with polls open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm without any interruptions...
Modi and MPs from Pakistan
REVANTH Reddy, the waggish Congress chief minister of Telangana, was fielding questions from a BJP-hugging TV anchor about prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 prospects in the ongoing elections. 鈥楧o I see myself accepting that Mr Modi is coming back with..