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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…
A view of the Bangladesh Election Commission. Photo: Wikipedia The government plays a central role in the election process, the head of Bangladesh’s Election Commission said on Saturday (June 21, 2025), asserting that holding polls is “not possible” without its support. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said that no matter “how independent” the top election…
DHAKA: At least 20 political parties, including former PM Khaleda Zia’s BNP, Monday rejected Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus‘s extended time frame for conducting national election, demanding it be held by Dec.Sources, however, said three political parties, including the radical Jamaat-e-Islami and NCP launched by Nahid Islam who led the anti-Sheikh Hasina movement last year,…
Activists from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) gather on the streets calling for a general election in December, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 28, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called for early election in Bangladesh on Wednesday (May 28, 2025), adding to the growing pressure on the interim government. In…
