Kathmandu, March 5 (IANS) Parliamentary elections in Nepal, which concluded in a largely peaceful environment on Thursday, recorded a relatively lower voter turnout. Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari said at a press briefing that voter turnout is estimated to be around 60 per cent, based on preliminary details received from across the country.If the turnout does not increase once the final data becomes available, it will be the lowest voter turnout since the parliamentary el…
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Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS) As Nepal heads to parliamentary elections on Thursday, Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari has urged voters across the country to exercise their franchise without fear.The country is going to the polls to elect 275 members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the federal parliament. Of the total seats, 165 will be elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, while 110 will be filled through the proportional representation system…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday congratulated the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its chairperson, Tarique Rahman on their landmark win in the Bangladesh parliamentary elections.Taking to the social media platform X, Kharge posted, “On behalf of the Indian National Congress, I congratulate Mr. Tarique Rahman and the BNP for winning the Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh share deep rooted bonds of history, language, cultur…
Dhaka, Feb 12 (IANS) Bangladesh’s interim government’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus cast his vote in the 13th parliamentary elections on Thursday, describing the day as one of “great joy”, calling it “the birthday of the new Bangladesh”, local media reported.Addressing reporters after voting at Gulshan Model High School and College in Dhaka, Yunus urged citizens to take part in both the parliamentary election and the referendum.In a nationwide address a day before the polls, Yunus called the ele…
Dhaka, Feb 12 (IANS) As polling began for high-stakes Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh on Thursday, the Awami League appealed to the international community to save the country from collapsing, calling the polls a “sham”.The party stated that this “staged exercise” is not just about sidelining the Awami League but also excludes several political parties that oppose radical ideology and advocate for a liberal Bangladesh.It claimed that millions of voters aligned with the political be…
Dhaka, Feb 12 (IANS) Bangladesh is set to hold its crucial parliamentary elections on Thursday, nearly 18 months after the collapse of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule following massive nationwide protests. The country has since been governed by an interim administration, during which Bangladesh witnessed continued protests, the rise of hardline Islamic groups, and incidents of violence against minorities.The political landscape is now expected to undergo a significant shift …
Kathmandu, Feb 8 (IANS) Security officials of Nepal and India have agreed to close border checkpoints for 72 hours during Nepal’s upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for March 5, with the aim of ensuring a secure polling environment.During the 16th Deputy Inspector General (DIG)-level coordination meeting between Nepal’s Armed Police Force (APF) and India’s Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), held in Biratnagar in Morang district on Friday, both sides agreed to tighten border controls to pre…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, completed the two-day interaction session with more than 1,000 Central Observers, who will be deployed in about a dozen poll-bound states, this year. During the meeting at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIDEM), elaborate discussions took place on maintaining the fairness and integrity of the electoral procedure and the observers were briefed by the top ECI office-bearers on the ele…
Kathmandu, Feb 4 (IANS) As Nepal prepares to hold parliamentary elections on March 5, the Nepal Army has been mobilised across the country to support election security starting Wednesday. As per the Integrated Election Security Plan, Nepal plans to mobilise 79,727 army personnel nationwide to support the Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force, and the temporarily-hired election police in conducting the polls peacefully. With just a month remaining before the elections, the army has been deployed t…
Dhaka, Jan 27 (IANS) Expressing concern over violence and intimidation against women and minorities in Bangladesh, ahead of February 12 elections, women’s rights activists on Tuesday reiterated their long-standing demand for meaningful parliamentary representation. These demands included increasing the number of reserved seats for women, reforming the voting mechanism for those seats, and ensuring that political parties nominate more women candidates, local media reported.Addressing a press conf…