Mon 08 January 2024: Questions raised over official turnout of 40 percent after opposition boycott call and reports of empty polling stations. Dhaka, Bangladesh – Sheikh Hasina has secured her fifth term as Bangladeshi prime minister in an election whose outcome was decided the moment its schedule was announced in early November when the main opposition boycotted […]
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Sun 07 January 2024: Following a suspected arson attack that tore through their camp and burned about 800 homes, thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are now without a place to stay, an official said on Sunday. About a million Rohingya, who are primarily Muslim, are living in Bangladesh; many of them escaped a military […]
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Sun 07 January 2024: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) officials say they have started paying the World Bank and Asian Development Bank loans received by the former government. The ministry has not stated the exact amount of these loans, but according to reports, Afghanistan owes 1.4 billion US dollars. “The government owes some money to […]
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Sun 07 January 2024: Beijing sanctioned five US defense industry companies in response to a similar move by Washington, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Sunday. Wang Wenbin told reporters that the move came after the US’ call to sell arms to Taiwan and Washington sanctioned Chinese businesses and individuals for different reasons. He described the […]
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Sun 07 January 2024: Polling in Bangladesh’s national election is now officially closed as of 4pm (10:00 GMT). Votes are going to be officially counted in 299 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies, an Election Commission official told Al Jazeera. Polls will close soon and very few voters showed up to vote today. At one of […]
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Sat 06 January 2024: Following speculation that Indian-made artillery shells may have reached Ukraine, the external affairs ministry on Thursday (January 4) denied India’s involvement in the issue. “We have also seen some media reports in this regard. We can categorically say that we have not sent any of these artillery ammunitions to Ukraine. Not […]
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Fri 05 January 2024: After several Nepalis lost their lives defending Moscow against Kyiv, Nepal banned its citizens from traveling Russia and Ukraine. According to the local daily Kathmandu Post, the Department of Foreign Employment in the country issued a notice on Thursday stopping the granting of permits for citizens seeking to work in Russia […]
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Fri 05 January 2024: New Delhi: In an opinion piece for The Economist, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested in August 2023 after a trial court found him guilty of corrupt practices, has warned that “Pakistan’s election could be a farce.” “Today Pakistan is being ruled by caretaker governments at both the federal level and provincial level. These […]
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Fri 05 January 2024: Kyiv on Friday claimed that Russia conducted airstrikes on Ukraine using North Korean missiles, mirroring a statement made a day earlier by the US. “There is no longer any disguise… As part of its outright genocidal war, the Russian Federation for the first time struck at the territory of Ukraine with […]
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Thu 04 January 2024: The January 7 Bangladesh general election is set to deliver a victory to Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party. It might also turn out to be a watershed moment in the country’s history. Despite some similarities with the past two elections of 2014 and 2018, the post-election scenario in 2024 is likely to be different. […]
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