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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 ...
November 24: Bangladesh's Electoral Commission reschedules the date for the general election from December 18 to December 29. ( BBC News ) November 3 : The Bangladeshi government schedules general elections on December 18, 2008, which will end the rule of the one and half year military-backed interim government .
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 ...
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 ...
Bangladesh couldn't progress any further from the group stage. In October, Bangladesh competed in Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia but couldn't register any point. Later in November, Bangladesh participated in Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup where they managed to secure a goalless draw against Myanmar, but again couldn't progress from the group ...
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 ...
The 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a caretaker government (CTG) assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration. The BNP government increased the chief justice's retirement age in an unconstitutional way to bias the appointment of the head of the caretaker government.
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 ...