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Bangladesh Polls Under Scrutiny as Turkey-Sourced Shotguns Allegedly Bought for Battalion Ansar

Highly sensitive responsibilities such as guarding polling centers and ballot boxes are planned to be placed solely under the control

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The February Trap: Yunus, Jamaat, and a Staged Mandate

So why would sections of the Western world want Jamaat? What does the Yunus-led interim administration gain from this? What