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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to make inroads into the state it has never been in power in and is locked in a fray with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress Party (TMC.

I wasn't pelting stones. I was arranging water for people around me, and blinded by tear gas when the police opened fire. The youth-led demonstrations, fueled by popular anger against Nepal's ruling class over rampant corruption and unemployment, forced then Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign.

Bangladesh's anti-corruption commission has alleged Siddiq used her relationship with her aunt, the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to influence the allocation of a plot of state-owned land in Dhaka's Gulshan district to a private company. Siddiq has rejected the claim as baseless and politically motivated.

Voters across Bangladesh have participated in parliamentary elections, marking a pivotal moment for the nation's democracy following a period of significant political upheaval and violence. After a gradual start, polling stations in the capital, Dhaka, and throughout the country filled with voters by mid-morning. Voting will conclude later on Thursday with results anticipated on Friday. More than 127 million eligible voters are participating in Bangladesh's first election since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government fell in 2024.

On a Thursday afternoon, 19-year-old Mahmudul Hasan prepared seating on the floor of his bamboo-and-tarpaulin home in Balukhali Rohingya Refugee camp. Minutes later, 35 young children trooped in. Hasan is still in his teens, but he is their teacher. They greeted him in Rakhine language: Sayar, Nay Kaung Lar? [Sir, how are you?] The children are among 80 who study at Hasan's community-run private school, where he teaches them Burmese, English and maths.

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