DHAKA, Jan. 6 (NsNewsWire) — At least three people were killed and about two dozen others injured in clashes between supporters of rival candidates of Sunday’s general elections in Dohar sub-district of capital Dhaka Monday morning, police said. “Three people including father and son were killed as supporters of the rival candidates clashed with lethal […]

Polling stations in Bangladesh opened Sunday morning for controversial parliament elections boycotted by the main opposition party which enforced non-stop countrywide strike and blockade. About 18,000 polling stations set in schools and other public buildings opened at 8:00 a.m. local time and would last till 4 p.m. reports Xinhua. The election has already seen 153 […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police staged a protest Monday to show their frustration after weeks of dealing with aggressive and often violent anti-government demonstrators, with officers saying that the order for them to show restraint has left them vulnerable and humiliated. About 500 police with family and friends gathered in a public square near the […]

Tensions were running high across the Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Monday as ruling party’s women activists clashed with oppostion protestors. At about 11:00 a.m. local time hundreds of lawyers loyal to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP) and its key ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, marched on the main gate of the […]