Bangladesh: 50 BNP Leaders injured in alleged Awami League attack
The injured leaders were promptly taken to Comilla Medical College Hospital for treatment, according to Dhaka Tribune's report.
The injured leaders were promptly taken to Comilla Medical College Hospital for treatment, according to Dhaka Tribune's report.
The Election Commission (EC) has set January 30 as the date for the election of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
He breathed his last at 7.45 a.m. at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Inter Service Public Relation Directorate Assistant Director Rashedul Alam Khan told The Daily Star newspaper.
Sheikh Hasina was leading a nationwide campaign by rail when her coach came under attack upon arriving in Pabna's Ishwardy on September 23, 1994.
Hasina dropped 36 members from the previous Cabinet and also didn't pick members of allied parties in her new Cabinet.
The cruel irony being that rival candidates of the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who were out on the streets to cheer their respective parties, were attacked by the mobs.
Chief Election Commissioner K.M. Nurul Huda made the announcement in capital Dhaka, a day after the opposition alliance, including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, decided to contest the polls.
The much-hyped dialogue ended at about 11 p.m. on Thursday which had started four hours earlier at Hasina's official residence here, reports Xinhua news agency.
Bangladesh is set to hold general elections before a January 5 deadline, although the exact dates have not yet been announced.
Obaidul Quader, AL General Secretary, said the decision to hold the talks come after Hossain wrote to Hasina seeking a dialogue.
