Dhaka, Jan 5 (IANS) As Bangladesh heads towards its 13th Parliamentary elections in February, it has come to light that out of the 17 candidates fielded by the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka’s 20 constituencies, 13 are millionaires, local media reported on Monday. The election affidavits revealed that the combined assets of the Jamaat candidates –movable and immovable — amount to at least Bangladeshi taka(Tk) 10 million or more.The party’s nominee in the Dhaka-7 constituency, …
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Kathmandu, Dec 27 (IANS) Nepal interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Saturday held her first-ever direct meeting with top leaders of the country’s major political parties to discuss the parliamentary elections scheduled for March 5 next year. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) [CPN (UML)] Chairperson KP Sharma Oli, and Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal reached the Prime Minister’s official residence to dis…