Defeated leader Khaleda Zia rejects 'rigged' poll in Bangladesh

Defeated former premier of Banladesh Khaleda Zia has rejected the Parliamentary elections results saying that election was stage managed and rigged. In her first reaction to Monday's voting, Ms Zia said she...

Women cruise to a historic high in Bangladesh elections

Bangladesh elections results have put Sheikh Hasina led Awami league in the power and also elected a large number of women in National Parliament. A record number of candidates were trying their luck in the...

Sheikh Hasina wins majority in Bangladesh elections

The former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party won the ninth Bangladesh parliamentary election, the country’s election commission announced Tuesday. The primary results of 229 constituencies...

Bangladeshi elections: ex-premier returns home

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and chief of Awami League  Sheikh Hasina Wajed has returned home from the US.  Her return is due to the coming parliamentary elections on December 18,...

Bangladesh's Zia released from jail

The leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, was released on bail by the army-backed interim government. Zia was arrested last year on corruption charges....

Bangladeshi-Begums

One of Bangladesh's two “battling begums” went on trial for extortion recently, as part of the emergency Government's plan to break their-stranglehold on politics. "Sheikh Hasina Wajed, a former Prime Minister, has been in detention since July, accused with her sister and...

The Screws Tighten in Bangladesh: Former PM Zia Jailed

The military-backed current government continues to jail academics, former leaders, and impose strict curfews and restrictions on gatherings and speech. Hundreds of officers made a large display as former Prime...

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