Bangladesh holds election to keep PM Sheikh Hasina in power | Elections News

Bangladesh holds election to keep PM Sheikh Hasina in power | Elections News

Polls have closed and counting is under way in Bangladesh’s general election, marked by a low voter turnout and a boycott by the opposition and its allies. Sunday’s “one-sided” vote, as the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) put it, is set to keep Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in power for…

Bangladesh counts votes in low-turnout election boycotted by opposition | Sheikh Hasina News

Bangladesh counts votes in low-turnout election boycotted by opposition | Sheikh Hasina News

Bangladesh election officials are counting votes after a controversial poll, fraught with violence and boycotted by the opposition, is guaranteed to give a fourth straight term to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladeshis largely stayed away from the vote on Sunday as initial signs suggested a low turnout, despite widespread reports…

Bangladesh to vote in general elections boycotted by opposition | Elections News

Bangladesh to vote in general elections boycotted by opposition | Elections News

Bangladesh is holding general elections on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set to win a fourth straight term and the fifth overall for her Awami League-led alliance, despite overseeing an economy that required an international bailout last year. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of ailing former Prime…

Bangladesh polling booths set ablaze, opposition starts election strike | Elections News

Bangladesh polling booths set ablaze, opposition starts election strike | Elections News

Police say unidentified arsonists have set fire to at least five primary schools, including four polling stations. Polling booths were set on fire in Bangladesh on the eve of Sunday’s general elections, hours after four people were killed in a suspected arson attack on a commuter train. Police on Saturday…

‘Vote doesn’t count’: Bangladesh’s ‘bizarre’ election tests ties with West | Elections News

‘Vote doesn’t count’: Bangladesh’s ‘bizarre’ election tests ties with West | Elections News

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Bangladesh is going to hold its national election tomorrow amid a boycott by the principal opposition party, a crackdown on protesters and intense pressure from Western countries who have warned for months about a lack of the vote’s credibility damaging the nation’s democracy. With the Bangladesh Nationalist Party…

At least four killed in Bangladesh train fire before elections | Elections News

At least four killed in Bangladesh train fire before elections | Elections News

Police officials in Dhaka suspect an arson attack and said they are seeking out the culprits. At least four people have been killed and others injured in Bangladesh after a passenger train caught fire in a suspected arson attack, according to police officials. The incident on Friday adds to a…

Bangladesh elections mark a pro-China tipping point in South Asia | Politics

Bangladesh elections mark a pro-China tipping point in South Asia | Politics

The year 2024 will witness key elections to choose democratic governments across the world, and the season begins with the Bangladesh election on January 7. Altogether, 29 political parties, including the governing Awami League (AL) and a faction of the opposition Jatiya Party, will fight the elections. With almost all the…

‘Dummy’ candidates, coerced voting: Inside Bangladesh’s election ‘charade’ | Elections News

‘Dummy’ candidates, coerced voting: Inside Bangladesh’s election ‘charade’ | Elections News

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Hasanul Islam Ador, an elected representative in a rural area in southern Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, was taken aback when a group of officials in plain clothes barged into his home last week and issued threats ordering him to stop campaigning for an independent candidate for the…

‘Many more could die’: Urgent plea for Rohingya refugees trapped at sea | Rohingya News

‘Many more could die’: Urgent plea for Rohingya refugees trapped at sea | Rohingya News

At least one passenger on a boat carrying 185 refugees has died, with dozens more in ‘critical condition’, warns UNHCR. Fears are growing for scores of Rohingya refugees believed to be stranded at sea in the Indian Ocean, after a boat they set off in from Bangladesh saw its engine…