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Bangladesh parliamentary polls tomorrow

Bangladesh parliamentary polls tomorrowDhaka, Dec 28 : Bangladesh goes for parliamentary election tomorrow.

The 9th parliamentary election will start at 8 a. m at 35,216 polling centres and 177,107 polling booths across the country.

It is widely expected that there will be a tough fight between the Awami League led 14-party Grand alliance and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led 4-party alliance.

Over 11 lakh personnel including 650,000 security forces have been deployed to ensure that the election is held in peaceful manner.

Bangladesh prepares to vote and return to democracy

Bangladesh prepares to vote and return to democracyDhaka  - Bangladesh votes in national elections Monday to return the South Asian nation to democracy in the New Year, ending two years of rule by a military-backed interim administration.

The election is to bring about change in political culture - a culture of hostility and mistrust - as the military-backed government on its installation in early 2007 promised qualitative changes in politics and governance.

Bangladesh parliamentary polls on Monday

BangladeshDhaka, Dec 27 : Bangladesh goes for parliamentary election on December 29.

It is widely expected that there will be a tough fight between the Awami League led 14-party Grand alliance and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led 4-party alliance.

Over 11 lakh personnel including 650,000 security forces have been deployed to ensure that the election is held in peaceful manner.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who is heading the four-party alliance was recently cleared all charges against her.

Hasina looks for a second chance to serve Bangladesh

Hasina looks for a second chance to serve BangladeshDhaka  - Scion of a political family, Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been devoted to politics since her student days, becoming the symbol of unity within her party and among her supporters.

The 62-year-old leader is an iconic figure in the Awami League, the party her father established half a century ago and which led the country to its independence.

Born on 28 September 1948 in a remote village of Tungipara, 103 kilometres south-west of Dhaka, Hasina has experienced many ups and downs.

Khaleda Zia, an "uncompromising" lady in Bangladesh politics

Khaleda Zia, an "uncompromising" lady in Bangladesh politicsDhaka  - Khaleda Zia is considered an "uncompromising" leader to her supporters in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, a major political force which she has led for the last two-and-a-half decades.

An inflexible attitude in the anti-autocratic movement throughout 1980s had earned an "uncompromising" title for Zia, who says her politics are dedicated to the causes of the people.

Report: Indian ships intrude into Bangladesh territorial waters

Dhaka - Dhaka has alleged three Indian ships illegally entered Bangladesh's territorial waters to carry out hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Bay of Bengal, media reports said Friday.

Foreign ministry officials said the government protested the Indian intrusion into Bangladesh's maritime boundary and on Thursday night dispatched a naval frigate to the area, asking the Indian ships to go back to their territory.

Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary, Touhid Hossain, said he had information that Indian ships entered Bangladesh waters. However, he refused to give details.

The Indian survey vessels started seismic survey activities some 140 nautical miles south-west of Mongla seaport, a Bengali language newspaper reported, quoting a navy source.

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