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Samira Hussain

@samirahussain15

South Asia Correspondent for the BBC based in Delhi. Fmr BBC Business in New York. Always Canadian. Views expressed here are my own.

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Voting underway in Dhaka where PM Sheikh Hasina is seeking a fourth consecutive term in office. She is already South Asia’s longest serving leader. Around 120 million people are eligible to vote in these elections. Samira Hussain Aamir Peerzada Neha Sharma

Voting underway in Dhaka where PM Sheikh Hasina is seeking a fourth consecutive term in office. She is already South Asia’s longest serving leader.

Around 120 million people are eligible to vote in these elections. 

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Ladies and gentlemen, it is game time in India. Elections announced, voting starts April 19, results expected June 4th. Stay tuned… #LokasabhaElection2024 #BBCNews #India

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Day 1 of a six week long #IndiaElections2024. Live from #TamilNadu - where regional parties have dominated the political landscape. The state sends 39 lawmakers to parliament & all seats vote today. Track the BBC News (World)’s live coverage all day. With Jaltson AC and Saraskanth

Day 1 of a six week long #IndiaElections2024. Live from #TamilNadu - where regional parties have dominated the political landscape. The state sends 39 lawmakers to parliament &amp; all seats vote today. Track the <a href="/BBCWorld/">BBC News (World)</a>’s live coverage all day. With <a href="/jaltsonac/">Jaltson AC</a> and <a href="/saraskanth/">Saraskanth</a>
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Voting has begun in the world’s biggest election. This is Uttar Pradesh, the state that sends the most number of MPs to parliament. #IndiaElections2024

Voting has begun in the world’s biggest election. This is Uttar Pradesh, the state that sends the most number of MPs to parliament. #IndiaElections2024
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From Our Own Correspondent... The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigned after weeks of deadly protests, and a heavy government crackdown. Samira Hussain spoke to people in Dhaka about their experience of her autocratic rule. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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How this letter written on an travel-sickness bag to Samira Hussain on her flight to Dhaka led her to a story about life under Sheikh Hasina's rule in #Bangladesh. Listen to the story on From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

How this letter written on an travel-sickness bag to <a href="/SamiraHussain15/">Samira Hussain</a> on her flight to Dhaka led her to a story about life under Sheikh Hasina's rule in #Bangladesh. Listen to the story on From Our Own Correspondent on <a href="/BBCSounds/">BBC Sounds</a> bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
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The BBC has pieced together evidence of a civilian massacre in Myanmar. Scores of Rohingyas killed. Survivors blame insurgent Arakan Army, the group denies it.Thousands have fled to Bangladesh in the past 2 weeks. These are some of their harrowing stories. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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I sat down with #Bangladesh's new central bank governor Ahsan H Mansur for an exclusive interview where he - - pre-announced an immediate interest rate hike by 50bps - said he wants the IMF to augment its bailout deal from $4.7 bn to $7 bn - suggested that the country's

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#SriLanka - for the first time in its history - will start a second preference vote count as no candidate secured 50% in the first round.

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Political shifts in #SriLanka & #Bangladesh show how utterly fed up South Asians are of traditional dynasties, corruption & unending economic misery. Both countries have placed their bets on clean slate politics, on charasmatic but relatively inexperienced administrators

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On the BBC Sounds News Playlist today: From Our Own Correspondent, with dispatches from Hugo Bachega on Lebanon's displaced people; Sri Lanka's new left-leaning President with Samira Hussain; Abdujalil A has a report from Ukraine's eastern frontline bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…