An activist of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was killed Saturday in a clash between the ruling Awami League and the BNP supporters. According to police, Mobarak Hossain, 35, was killed in a clash at Patgram upazila’s Baura area, The Daily Star reported. Hossain was the president of the Baura union unit of Swechhashebok [...]

Bangladesh rarely registers in the minds of most Americans, but US policymakers would be well advised to devote some urgent attention. As things stand, general elections scheduled for Sunday look virtually guaranteed to leave a trail of bitter division, violence and chaos. That’s a surefire recipe for disaster — in the world’s third most populous [...]

Miscreants Saturday burnt 38 polling centres in at least 28 districts of Bangladesh, where the parliamentary elections scheduled for Jan 5. The violence was reported from Rajshahi, Nilphamari, Narsingdi, Kishoreganj, Feni, Kurigram and Natore districts, among others The Daily Star reported. Police said the acts of arson appeared to be a clear attempt to thwart [...]

Asian Cricket Council has reportedly said that Bangladesh would remain the venue for next month’s Asia Cup despite rising violence in the nation due to political unrest. The council chiefs further announced the addition of Afghanistan as the fifth team in the regional one-day tournament. According to Dawn News, some observers had expected that officials [...]

Despite the political unrest, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Saturday decided to go ahead with the Asia Cup in Bangladesh as scheduled from February 25-March 8, a top Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said. BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus was quoted as saying by bdnews24.com that the ACC during its meeting in Colombo decided [...]

History is set to repeat itself in Bangladesh. The country goes to the polls in a one-sided election on Jan 5, which has been boycotted by the entire opposition. The ruling Awami League, headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, has already picked up 153 seats, which is more than half of the 300 parliamentary [...]

Two buses were reportedly torched in Chittagong on Saturday morning during protests spearheaded by the opposition BNP-led alliance. A Dhaka Tribune report said that on Friday night, one person was also held with six crude bombs. He was picked up from the Fouzdarhat area of the national capital. The opposition has called for a dialogue [...]

The Bangladesh ruling party, Awami League, is poised to steamroll to victory as January 5 elections draw near. The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) is boycotting in protest at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s move to scrap the tradition of letting a caretaker government oversee elections. The impasse threatens to undermine the legitimacy of the poll and [...]

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DHAKA: One person was killed on the first day of opposition parties' countrywide nonstop blockade in Bangladesh to foil the January 5 general election. An activist of Jubo Dal - a front organisation of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party … [Read More]

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