Dhaka: Bangladesh's Parliament on Tuesday elected Shrin Sharmin Chowdhury, currently the state minister for women and child affairs, as its first woman and youngest speaker.
Chowdhury was elected by lawmakers unanimously as the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia, is boycotting parliament, reported Xinhua.
In an unprecedented move, the ruling Awami League (AL) on Monday night nominated Chowdhury for the post of speaker. She is also the international secretary of AL.
Chowdhury, 47, who has a doctorate in law, entered Parliament for the first time as an MP from one of the reserved seats for women. Bangladesh parliament has 50 reserved seats for women, who can also contest general seats....
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11:44 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Dhaka: Bangladesh will get its first ever woman speaker for its parliament as the ruling Awami League parliamentary party unanimously nominated Minister of Women and Child Affairs Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury for the post on Monday evening. reported Xinhua. She is likely to be elected without contest as the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia is boycotting the parliament and so far there was...
03:35 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Several buses were set afire and crude bombs exploded as Bangladesh's main opposition BNP and its right-wing allies enforced a two-day nationwide strike from Monday for the release of their detained leaders and cadres. Capital Dhaka and several other cities witnessed sporadic violence during the anti-government protests but no casualty was reported. ...
08:51 PM, Mar 18, 2013
As many as 154 opposition activists, who were detained during a raid on their headquarters Monday night, were sent to jail Tuesday in connection with two assault cases against them. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka passed the order sending the activists to jail after they were produced before it, Xinhua reported. ...
11:40 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Three to four crude bombs were hurled at the office of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Naya Paltan, where a meeting of the party was going on. However, no one was injured. ...
08:46 PM, Mar 11, 2013
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a week-long visit and called on Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj. Zia, who is Leader of Opposition in Bangladesh, met Swaraj at her residence in New Delhi. The two leaders are learnt to have discussed bilateral issues. She will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Monday. India...
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Karachi: Former ICC President Ehsan Mani has urged the ICC and the Indian and Pakistan Cricket Boards to ask the British journalist who has made allegations that the 2011 World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan was fixed to produce evidence. Mani said that the timing of the book could be aimed at creating sensationalism by taking advantage of the fact that Pakistan will be playing a bilateral series against...
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South Africa's Jacques Kallis believes Kevin Pietersen will bounce back after his dramatic omission from the England Test side for this week's series finale against the Proteas at Lord's. England's selectors made their decision to drop Pietersen following reports he sent text messages to several South Africa players during the drawn second Test at Headingley that were believed to contain derogatory comments about captain Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower....
12:57 PM, Jun 16, 2008
Former prime minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia and her son were arrested. ...
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Khaleda Zia, and her politician son Tareq Rahman have been accused of having close links with an Islamic militant. ...
03:45 PM, Nov 23, 2006
A presidential spokesman said Hasan, who will be interim head of the govt was too ill to take the oath of office. ...
01:24 PM, Oct 28, 2006
Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Friday said she was ready to hand over power to a caretaker government. ...
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