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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a significant victory in the 13th parliamentary elections, with party chairman Tarique Rahman emerging as the winner from the Bojra constituency. According to unofficial and unverified results, Tarique Rahman secured 216,284 votes, while Abidur Rahman of the Jamaat-e-Islami party came in second with 97,626 votes.
The electoral commission has announced the official results for 297 constituencies, with Tarique Rahman declared the winner from Bojra. The BNP chairman cast his vote at a polling station in Dhaka’s Gulshan Model High School and College on Monday morning, accompanied by his wife, Dr. Zibeeda Rahman, and daughter, Zaima Rahman.
The final results will be confirmed after the official gazette is published. In a significant move, women in a union in the Chaudhpur district of Bangladesh exercised their right to vote for the first time in 56 years.
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In a statement, BNP chairman Tarique Rahman said that he will work with those who supported his campaign to take the country forward. Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif congratulated Tarique Rahman on his party’s electoral victory.
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In a shocking incident, a woman in India killed her mother after believing in the predictions of a fortune teller. Dr. Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, the grand mufti of Australia, has issued a formal statement on the matter.
