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Bangladesh court sentences exiled opposition leader to 9 years in jail on corruption charges
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoA court in Bangladesh sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son and heir apparent on Wednesday to nine years in prison after finding the opposition leader guilty in a corruption case ...
Bangladesh Arrests Politicians Before Anti-Government Rally
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Two senior Bangladeshi opposition leaders were arrested by plainclothes police...
Daughter of Bangladesh's founding father secures fifth poll win
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoDHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once joined rivals in a fight to restore...
Amid violence and boycott, Bangladesh goes to polls knowing there can be only one outcome
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoProtesters and opposition politicians have been jailed in their thousands, and the main rival to PM...
Bangladesh's exiled acting opposition leader gets jail term in absentia for graft
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoA Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced the exiled acting chairman of the main opposition...
Bangladesh deploys army to keep peace ahead of Sunday's election
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoTroops deployed across Bangladesh on Wednesday amid fears of violence ahead of a national election...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina kicks off election campaign amid an opposition boycott
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally kicked off her ruling Awami League party’s campaign...
Bangladesh's main opposition to boycott vote if Hasina stays put
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoDHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh's main opposition party will boycott the next general election if Prime...
Little election fizz in Bangladesh as prime minister set for another term
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoDHAKA (Reuters) -Utility poles across Bangladesh are festooned with campaign flyers carrying...
Bangladesh voters go to the polls in one-sided election marred by violence
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoViolence has been reported in Bangladesh as 120 million people vote in a general election that has a...