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Indirect presidential elections were due to be held in Bangladesh on 16 February 2009 following the 2008 parliamentary election. [1] [2] They were originally scheduled to have taken place by 5 September 2007, when Iajuddin Ahmed's term expired, but was postponed due to the lack of an elected parliament. [3]
Government Term President Prime Minister Cabinet Government type Party Election Parliamentary strength Provisional government [2] [3] 1971-1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. acting Syed Nazrul Islam. Tajuddin Ahmed: Mujib I: Provisional: AL: None — Constituent assembly [4] 1972-1973 Abu Sayeed Chowdhury: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Mujib II: Provisional ...
Shakib in the 3rd and the final ODI against Zimbabwe in January 2009. The Bangladesh cricket team started the year with on-going test series against Sri Lanka. They lost their first test match of the year. After the test series, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe joined host Bangladesh in a Tri-Series. Bangladesh became runner-up while Sri Lanka became ...
Scene from a polling booth in Bangladesh. Bangladesh elects on national level a legislature with one house or chamber. The unicameral Jatiyo Sangshad, meaning national parliament, has 350 members of which 300 members are directly elected through a national election for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies while 50 memberships are reserved for the women who are selected by the ruling ...
At the heart of the demonstrations is a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
He said, "The Government of Japan congratulates on the inauguration of Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, President of the Awami League as Prime Minister of Bangladesh on January 6, 2009, following the general election on December 29, 2008". Nakasone said that this election was successfully carried out despite various challenges.
Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday signed the instrument of accession to an international convention of the United Nations aiming at preventing enforced disappearances as a state party ...
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday rolled back most of the controversial quotas on government jobs which sparked violent protests.. Under the quota system, some 30% of sought-after civil ...