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Khaleda Zia resorting to genocide in Bangladesh protests: Sheikh Hasina
Fp Archives • 11 years agoBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today accused her arch rival and BNP chief Khaleda Zia of resorting to "genocide" equating the 28 deaths during the recent deadly opposition-enforced strikes and blockades to mass murder.
Sheikh Hasina gives interim home ministry to BNP, appeals to join polls
Fp Archives • 11 years agoBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered the home ministry in the all-party interim cabinet to opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in an appeal to it to join the polls, a media report said.
Bangladesh: Political violence continues, three people killed
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAt least three persons were killed on Tuesday in Bangladesh as the main opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) enforced a 48-hour nationwide blockade demanding postponement of general elections on January 5 amid a deadlock over the interim government.
Bangladesh goes for polls on 5 January, political uncertainity continues
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAmid a tense face-off between the Awami League and the BNP on the electoral system, Bangladesh's poll panel today announced that the general election would be held on January 5. "The voting will be held on January 5, 2014," Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed said.
Bangladesh: BNP seeks presidential intervention to end political deadlock
Fp Archives • 11 years agoBangladesh's main opposition BNP today sought presidential intervention to end the political deadlock over electoral system, a day after an all-party government was installed to oversee the upcoming general elections.
Bangladesh polls: Sheikh Haisna to head all party interim govt
Fp Archives • 11 years agoPoll-bound Bangladesh today installed an "all-party" interim government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to oversee upcoming elections despite boycott by the main opposition BNP which termed the move as "farce", heightening tension in the country.
Hasina accuses BNP of plotting against her govt
Fp Archives • 13 years agoHasina's government, which came to power in early 2009, has faced repeated threats from hardline groups.