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Awami League wins landslide victory in Bangladesh’s Parliamentary elections
by st contributor, Tuesday 30th December 2008
Bangladesh Awami League President and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is poised to become prime minister for the second term after her party’s landslide victory in the 9th parliament elections on Monday. Hasina’s party won two-third majority in 300-member Parliament crashing her rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party…
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Read this articleTurnout in Bangladesh’s ninth parliamentary elections sets record
by st contributor, Monday 29th December 2008
Bangladesh’s ninth parliamentary elections held on Monday recorded a stunning 86.29 percent voter turnout, breaking all records of the previous national polls, the country’s Election Commission said. Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda told reporters at a press conference here on Thursday that the turnout makes…