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On 12 April, Ahmed announced in a televised speech to the nation that the next parliamentary election would be held before the end of 2008. [12] On 15 July 2007, the Bangladesh Election Commission published a road map for the election, promising a compilation of voter lists by October 2008 and an official election call before the end of that ...
This category is for elections in Bangladesh, by year ... 2008 elections in Bangladesh (3 P) 2009 elections in Bangladesh (1 P) 2010 elections in Bangladesh ...
3 November – The caretaker government schedules general elections on 18 December 2008. [17] 24 November – The Electoral Commission reschedules the date for the general election from 18 to 29 December. [18] 29 December – 2008 Bangladeshi general election takes place, Bangladesh Awami League secures a landslide victory. Sheikh Hasina ...
After holding power for more than a year, the CTG decided to hold local elections in some locations on 4 August 2008. The main parties criticised this as unconstitutional. [21] General elections were held on 29 December 2008, when the Awami League and its Grand Alliance won two-thirds of the seats in parliament.
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. [4]
Utility poles across Bangladesh are festooned with campaign flyers carrying pictures of general election candidates, most of them from the ruling party, as an opposition boycott looks set to usher ...
Britain on Monday condemned what it called "acts of intimidation and violence" that took place during the general election in Bangladesh, raising concerns over the number of arrests of opposition ...
Bangladesh’s president dissolved Parliament Tuesday, clearing the way for new elections to replace the longtime prime minister who resigned and fled the country following weeks of demonstrations ...