Election Special: December 21, 2008 Headlines

BDNews24.com:

• Threats come when victory nears: Hasina
• EC, govt biased towards an alliance: Khaleda
• Market suffers outflow for ‘election expenses’
• CA sounds warning over partiality, neglect
• I care more about my country than life: Hasina
• Change needed to purge nation of graft: Ershad

The Daily Star:

• 5 in the EC dock: 3 BNP, 2 JP candidates allegedly concealed info; candidature to be cancelled, if guilty
• Two leaders, poles apart
• SC rejects EC bid: Asks it to go by law, engage judicial magistrates in trying poll offences

The Daily Independent:

• Banish anarchy of ‘logi-boitha’, says Khaleda
• No fear of militant attack on Hasina, says home adviser

The New Age:

• Hasina asks people to reject
  killers, plunderers in polls
• Re-constructing the nation:
  imperial designers at work

The New Nation:

• Election 2008: The race for edge
• Resisting Election Violence

The Bangladesh Today:

• Media asked to refrain from publishing and airing provocative news: CEC

Reuters India:

• FACTBOX – Key players in Bangladesh’s elections

All India Radio:

• Campaigning at feverish pitch for Bangladesh election

Op-eds:

• Gender agenda ignored in polls manifestoes – Arifa As Alam
• Voter sentiment – Syed S. Andaleeb, S. S. M. Sadrul Huda, Mamunur Rashid, Quazi A. Rahman
• Countdown to election – Rafiqul Islam Azad