“Such a change in the cabinet is a reform more than the reforms the so-called reformists wanted to bring about except the minus two formula,” - Dr Akbar Ali Khan, Regulatory Reforms Commission Chairman
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“Such a change in the cabinet is a reform more than the reforms the so-called reformists wanted to bring about except the minus two formula,” - Dr Akbar Ali Khan, Regulatory Reforms Commission Chairman
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“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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“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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“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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“dear candidates for the 2008 bangladesh parliamentary election: in case you are not aware, here is a small note to tell you that an election and holding power through a seat in the parliament, is no longer business as usual. tomorrow, any update from any blogger has the potential to reach the whole world....
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A complaint on Constituency No. Chittagong -10: Candidate name- Mr. Monzur Alom. Symbol-pineapple. “The candidate is purchasing vote as his nearest persons and relatives are going home to home and giving per person one hundred to two hundred Taka. Some centers are very risky: Yakub Ali school, Notunbazar primary school, Pahartali etc. Because his...
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“AL, BNP and JI have upgraded their websites. BNP projected ads in the TV channels. Till now, I have got no message from any candidate but got a message to my mobile from GP to vote for joggo prarthy. Thanks GP. We are in favor of honest and competent candidates.” - An Ordinary Citizen
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Calling for an end to the culture of rejecting election results, BNP general secretary Khandakar Delwar Hossain has said “BNP will accept any result that is the outcome of a free, fair and neutral election.” The New Nation
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Image by: Tanvir Ahmed, DRIK NEWS “As Bangladesh gears up for its first parliamentary elections in seven years on 29 December, the first ever computerized photo voter list in the south Asian country containing pictures of more than 80 million people is now complete after taking 11 months to compile with United Nations help....
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