DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair early Friday alleged that certain officials linked to the Election Commission were deliberately delaying the announcement of results in several constituencies, reports The Daily Star. “Counting for yesterday’s election and referendum ...
DHAKA/ISTANBUL (AA) – Unofficial results early Friday showed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leading with a majority of seats after millions of Bangladeshis cast their ballots in Thursday’s general election, the first since the 2024 ouster of Sheikh Hasina, according to local media. The BNP is leading with 151 constituencies so fa...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) – – Bangladesh Jama’at-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has expressed hope that his party would form the government through the voters’ mandate. “If the voting is held in a free and fair manner, we will accept the results. Others should also accept the verdict of the people,” he told reporters after cas...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) – Long queues of voters were seen outside polling stations in Bangladesh on Thursday morning, even an hour before voting for the 13th national parliamentary election and the referendum officially began at 7:30am, reports The Daily Star. A festive atmosphere prevailed at many centers, with law enforcement personn...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Voters in Bangladesh began casting their ballots Thursday to elect a new government for the first time since a popular uprising ended the 15-year rule of the Awami League party. More than 127.6 million people are eligible to vote and will also render their verdict on constitutional reforms. Voting began at [&hell...
ALGIERS, Algeria (MNTV) — Algeria is reinforcing its foreign policy doctrine of sovereignty and non-alignment as it navigates an increasingly polarized global environment, signaling a firm commitment to independent decision-making and diversified international partnerships. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune recently reiterated that Algeria will m...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt’s House of Representatives has approved a cabinet reshuffle following a directive from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, appointing new ministers across key economic, foreign policy, and infrastructure portfolios, parliamentary officials said. Parliament Speaker Hesham Badawy announced the approval during a general se...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Instagram briefly blocked the Indian independent news outlet The Wire from access within India on Monday evening, cutting off one of the country’s most widely followed critical media voices after it published satirical content targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For nearly two hours, users inside India attempting ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — In Gopalganj, the district long treated as an electoral extension of state power under Sheikh Hasina, the symbols of one-party dominance have disappeared. For the first time in decades, the Awami League’s boat emblem — once inseparable from elections here — is absent from walls, posters and ballot papers ahead of [&...
By Mushfiq Ahmed KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — Bangladesh heads into a pivotal national election on Feb. 12, one that analysts describe less as a conventional contest and more as a referendum on power after Sheikh Hasina Wajid’s exit, with longstanding political equations undergoing rapid change. With the Awami League effectively out of the race...
