Dhaka, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The newly-elected members of Bangladesh’s Parliament will take the oath of office on Wednesday, a top government official confirmed on Tuesday. K.M. Abdus Salam, senior secretary of the Parliament Secretariat, told…
Thimphu, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Voting is currently underway for Bhutan’s final round of parliamentary elections, with people queuing up outside polling stations across the Himalayan country on Tuesday. At one polling station in the quiet…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina and congratulated her for securing a historic fourth consecutive term in Sunday’s general elections and reiterated India’s commitment to…
Dhaka, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Awami League (AL) President and newly-elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described her party’s win in the country’s parliamentary election as the “people’s victory” and said that Bangladesh has been able…
Islamabad, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least five cops were killed and 22 people injured after a bomb went off near a police van carrying personnel to provide security to polio vaccination teams in Pakistan’s Khyber…
Peshawar, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least five cops were killed and 22 people injured on Monday after a bomb went off near a police van in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. According to the…
Dhaka, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election, giving her party — the Awami League — a fourth consecutive term, the media reported, citing an election…
Dhaka, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly 7,000 Rohingyas have become homeless overnight after a fire blazed through a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, the UN Refugee Agency has said in a statement. According to the statement,…
Islamabad, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Days after a Pakistan-bound container vessel came under attack, the Pakistan Navy has deployed warships in the Arabian Sea following the “recent incidents of maritime security”, a official statement said on…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Awami League President and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been elected from her Gopalganj-3 seat in the Sunday national elections, as per preliminary information. She bagged 2,49,962 votes while her…
Islamabad, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan faced an internet outage on Sunday evening with users almost across the country reporting difficulty in connecting and/or disruptions to logging on to social media apps. Netizens complained about their…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid sporadic violence and BNP boycott and strike, an estimated 40 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Bangladesh national elections on Sunday. Addressing mediapersons on Sunday evening, Awal said: “This…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The voting for the 12th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh ended on Sunday and counting has started, the Election Commission said. The counting, which began at 8.00 am local time across 42,000…
Islamadbad, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least four people, including two security personnel, were killed and three others injured on Sunday in firing at two passenger vehicles in Kurram district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sporadic incidents of violence, clashes and alleged rigging marred the Bangladesh Parliamentary polls, which saw 27.15 per cent voter turnout across 42,000 polling stations till 3.00 pm, local media reported. Addressing…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikha Hasina on Sunday exuded confidence of winning the 12th parliamentary polls. Talking to reporters after casting her ballot, Hasina, who is eyeing fourth straight term for the…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) boycotted the national polls fearing defeat. Talking to reporters after casting his vote at Monipuripara English Medium School…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four people, including a child, were injured after unidentified people exploded two crude bombs near a polling centre in Hazaribagh near Dhaka, where voting is underway for the parliamentary elections on…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sporadic incidents of violence, clash and rigging marred the Bangladesh parliamentary elections on Sunday as only 18.5 per cent voter turnout was recorded across 42,000 polling stations till 12.10 a.m. local…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Election Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman on Sunday expressed hope that the country will record over 50 per cent votes in the 12th Parliamentary election, local media reported. He made the…