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Bangladesh Uprising Leaders Form Election Pact with Islamist Party Amid Mixed Reactions

Bangladesh Uprising Leaders Form Election Pact with Islamist Party Amid Mixed Reactions

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Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party has entered a new election alliance with a political coalition formed by student leaders of last year’s uprising — a move that has drawn sharp reactions from within the student group itself. Jamaat-e-Islami, which was heavily suppressed during former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15 years in power, is pushing to regain […]

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Bangladesh PM hopeful Tarique Rahman returns home after 17 years — and Dhaka turns out in force

Bangladesh PM hopeful Tarique Rahman returns home after 17 years — and Dhaka turns out in force

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Aspiring prime minister Tarique Rahman has returned to Bangladesh after 17 years in self-imposed exile, greeted by a sea of supporters who flooded the streets of Dhaka to welcome him home. Rahman — the influential political figurehead of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia — arrived in the […]

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