Bangladesh's Oppn accuses Hasina of fielding 'dummies', threatening voters

IANS | January 7, 2024 9:12 AM

New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The 76-year-old Sheikh Hasina has been in power for 15 straight years -- the longest-serving leader in Bangladesh’s history -- and tenure has been marked by allegations of authoritarian rule, targeting of the opposition, suppression of people’s rights and large-scale vote rigging in elections held to keep her in power, a media report said.

As world focuses on new crises, Rohingya refugees languish in Bangla camps

Arul Louis | January 7, 2024 9:03 AM

United Nations, Jan 7 (IANS) Six years after the crisis erupted in Myanmar, almost a million Rohingya refugees are languishing in Bangladesh, most in the squalor of the world’s largest refugee camp located in the Cox's Bazaar area, and hundreds are adrift on the high seas looking for asylum elsewhere, while a few thousand have reached safer shores.

Ukraine confirms attack on Saky airfield in Crimea

IANS | January 6, 2024 7:33 PM

Kiev, Jan 6 (IANS) The Ukrainian forces carried out missile strikes on a military airfield near the Crimean town of Saky, the Ukrayinska Pravda media outlet reported on Saturday, citing Mykola Oleschuk, a commander of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Bangladesh all set for Sunday's general elections

IANS | January 6, 2024 7:27 PM

Dhaka, Jan 6 (IANS) Bangladesh is all set for Sunday's general elections in which about 120 million voters are expected to cast their ballots at more than 42,000 polling stations across the country.