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  More businessmen win in Dhaka city polls: Sujan

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:23am on February 25, 2020

  Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik said that the number of businessman candidates increased in the recent Dhaka south and north city corporation elections, comparing to the previous...

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  UK Labour members vote on leader to replace Corbyn

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:50pm on February 24, 2020

  Almost 600,000 members of Britain’s main opposition Labour party began voting on Monday for a new leader to replace leftist Jeremy Corbyn in the wake...

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  Israel readies for third election in less than a year

  Agence-France-Presse . Jerusalem | Updated at 12:47am on February 24, 2020

  Israel is bracing for an unprecedented third election in under a year, with voters eyeing an end to the deadlock but polls indicating another tight...

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  Sanders warns Russia as meddling charges hit US election

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:52pm on February 22, 2020

  Bernie Sanders on Friday warned Russia not to meddle in the Democratic presidential race, as Donald Trump angrily dismissed assertions that Moscow was again seeking...

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  Has Modi picked two-term Trump?

  Saeed Naqvi | Updated at 12:00am on February 23, 2020

  A TANTALISING tweet or two can change the atmospherics, otherwise Narendra Modi may well be hosting a two term Trump in Ahmedabad next week. The...

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  Voting underway in Iran parliamentary election

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 11:52am on February 21, 2020

  Iranians began voting Friday in a parliamentary election which conservatives are expected to dominate, capitalising on public anger against moderate conservative president Hassan Rouhani over...

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  Amin gives Salahuddin bye in BFF poll

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:14pm on February 17, 2020

  Bangladesh Football Federation incumbent president Kazi Salahuddin was likely to get a walkover in the upcoming election of the federation after his main rival Tarafder...

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  BNP-led lawyers demand fresh bar election

  Our Correspondent . Barishal | Updated at 12:50am on February 16, 2020

  BNP-led lawyers in Barishal on Saturday rejected the election results of Barishal District Bar Association and demanded fresh election. At a press conference, they demanded...

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  UK election chief praises Bangladesh voter ID, EVM

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:46am on February 16, 2020

  The chair of the UK Election Commission Sir John Holmes has praised Bangladesh’s digitized bio-metric voter ID card and the use of electronic voting machine...

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  Electoral system has collapsed: speakers

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:57pm on February 15, 2020

  Governance campaigners on Saturday said that the electoral system in Bangladesh has collapsed and it needs to be restored immediately to save the democratic system....