Dhaka - 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.
Dhaka, 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.
Dhaka - 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.
Dhaka - 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.
Dhaka - Police in Bangladesh arrested four suspected Islamist militants from the country's northern Gaibandha district Thursday, a day after the authorities beefed up security amid threats by militants against prominent political leaders.
Officials said the members of the elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion captured the activists of Jama'atul Mujahidin Bangladesh, an outlawed organization responsible for a number of past militant attacks, from a village of the district.
Dhaka - Security has been beefed up across Bangladesh amid threats by militants against prominent political leaders running in elections next week, officials said Wednesday.
"The forces have been ordered strictly maintain security across the country," said Police Chief, Noor Mohammad. Threats against two former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina Wajed and Khaleda Zia were not from an organized source, Mohammad said.
Dhaka - 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.
Dhaka, Dec 27 : Bangladesh goes for parliamentary election on December 29.
Dhaka - 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.
Dhaka - 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.
Dhaka - Police in Bangladesh arrested four suspected Islamist militants from the country's northern Gaibandha district Thursday, a day after the authorities beefed up security amid threats by militants against prominent political leaders.
Dhaka - Security has been beefed up across Bangladesh amid threats by militants against prominent political leaders running in elections next week, officials said Wednesday.
