BDNews24.com:
AL, allies take oath on Saturday
Battle for presidency heats up
2 BCL men arrested at DU hall over factional fight
BNP will help as opposition if govt wants: Delwar
BNP concedes defeat
The Daily Star:
Impartial anti-graft drive to continue: Hasina tells visiting UN team
Sheikh Hasina’s acid test: The first cabinet will give the clearest sign of her promised...
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Election
Headlines for January 3, 2009
Voting is a right
“The thing I found most interesting was that there were definitely more women voters than men voters. I spoke to one voter called Rahima who was carrying a tiny baby. She told me that she was suffering from a leg injury and she had a small child but she was still adamant about voting....
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Election Special: December 31, 2008 Headlines
BDNews24.com:
Parliament to decide CG legitimacy: Hasina
Hasina to attack poverty, offers opponents key role
Vote reflects people’s will: EU observers
Foreign observers rate elections fair, credible: NDI
BNP workers are under attack, alleges Rizvi
The Daily Star:
Strategically Speaking: Time for introspection, not rejection
Accept polls results to strengthen democracy Foreign observers urge BNP, other parties
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BNP’s Claim Of Polls ‘Blueprint’ Negated By Commonwealth
“We don’t have any evidence of election engineering. I believe that other national and international observers also did not find such evidence. Our hope is that winner and losers will work together for the country.” – Head of the Commonwealth election observer group Cassam Uteem
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Sheikh Hasina in a press conference
Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, in her first public speech on after her election victory, urged all parties to work together for the betterment of Bangladesh stressing the role of the opposition in future governance.
Dhaka, Bangladesh. December 31 2008
Photo- Munira Morshed Munni, DRIK News
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Democracy Returns To Bangladesh
Photo: Munem Wasif, DRIK News.
A Muslim majority country of over 150 million people just held a high-turnout peaceful democratic election. The secular Awami League won a landslide victory in Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections and is poised to send back to power Sheikh Hasina – one of two women who have led Bangladesh in the past...
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Election Special: December 30, 2008 Headlines
BDNews24.com:
Khaleda stops short of rejecting results
Hasina looks to work with opposition
2 dead, dozens injured countrywide in ‘poll reprisals’, clashes
Work for smooth handover: IRI
Rangamati fares highest ‘No’ votes
Hijras see a better tomorrow
The Daily Star:
Poll stage managed, not acceptable: Khaleda
BNP at lowest ebb: Wiped out of Dhaka, Sylhet divisions
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Victory is a political fiction
A cartoon by Arifur Rahman
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Appointment By The People, For The People
Replies from the people of Bangladesh regarding the application for the Prime Minister position in Bangladesh.
Appointment Letter:
To:
Sheikh Hasina Wazed
C/O AL
Dear Mrs. Wazed:
Congratulations. We are happy to inform you that your employment application for the position of Prime Minister of Bangladesh has been accepted.
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Peoples’ Verdict
“People never erred in taking decisions in the past; it was the same this time. They’ve rejected the dishonest and corrupt people in a free and fair election,” – home adviser MA Matin.
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