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UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

Why car park giant with hundreds of sites fell into administration

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The Independent UK

Major UK car park firm collapses into administration

Hundreds of jobs at risk as NCP car parks may be put up for sale

The Independent UK

Car park operator NCP falls into administration as post-Covid commuting stalls

The company, which is one of the UK’s biggest operators with around 340 car parks nationwide, appointed administrators at PwC.

Evening Standard

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Britain's biggest car park operator NCP crashes into administration

The 95 year old Japanese owned company has been making losses since the pandemic and cannot meets its “financial obligations”

Evening Standard

Bangladesh’s election represents politics as usual, and some hope for change

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has returned to power after winning a landslide victory in the country’s recent parliamentary elections last week.

The Conversation

Why Bangladesh's student-led NCP failed to replicate Assam's AGP moment of 1985

Bangladesh's National Citizen's Party, born from a student uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina, failed to translate its momentum into electoral success, securing only 5 seats. Internal divisions and a controversial alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami alienated voters, leading many to the BNP. The NCP now faces the challenge of electoral politics after…

The Times of India

Bangladesh elections: How Gen Z uprising cleared the way for the old guards

The uprising, sparked by anger over civil service job quotas and fuelled by outrage at police violence, spread rapidly across Dhaka and beyond. According to the United Nations, up to 1,400 people were killed, most in the security crackdown ordered by Hasina. The movement was celebrated globally as a rare,…

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Bangladesh to vote tomorrow: What's at stake for India, Pakistan and China

After months of violence, street protests and political upheaval, Bangladesh now faces its moment of reckoning. What began in July 2024 as a student agitation over public sector job quotas quickly spiralled into a nationwide revolt against Sheikh Hasina’s government, culminating in her resignation and flight to India. The unrest…

The Times of India

Bangladeshis seek to chart a democratic future in their first vote since the bloody 2024 uprising

Bangladesh is holding a crucial election that comes after a turbulent period marked by mob violence, rising religious intolerance, attacks on the press, the growing influence of Islamists and weakening of the rule of law

The Independent UK

‘Women’s freedoms are at stake’: concern at rise of Islamist party before Bangladesh election

Jamaat e-Islami, oppressed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, could take unprecedented share of the vote on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Bangladesh's Hindu minority in fear as attacks rise and a national election nears

Attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority have surged since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an uprising in 2024

The Independent UK

Sanjay Raut Raises Suspicion Over Ajit Pawar’s Death, Calls for Probe Into Baramati Plane Crash

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday raised serious questions over the “sudden and suspicious” death of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash near Baramati last week. Raut called for a thorough investigation into the incident, claiming…

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Veteran Indian politician Ajit Pawar dies in plane crash, leaving power vacuum

Three days of mourning were declared in the Indian state of Maharashtra after the death of the state’s deputy chief minister

The Guardian - UK

Mamata Banerjee Calls for Supreme Court-Monitored Probe into Ajit Pawar Plane Crash Death

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into the death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash in Baramati. Raising serious political questions, Banerjee suggested that the incident may be linked to Pawar’s recent…

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Newslaundry

‘Can’t imagine Baramati without Dada’: The end of a powerhouse who shaped Maharashtra politics

Vishal Jadhav’s voice breaks as he tries to find words. The NCP worker stands in Baramati on what should have been a day of political rallies and jostling crowds – four sabhas scheduled across the constituency for the Zilla Parishad elections. Instead, there is only silence. The party chief who…

Newslaundry

Ajit Pawar dies in plane crash, Maharashtra politics loses a key power centre

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar reportedly died in an aircraft accident on Tuesday morning while en route from Mumbai to Baramati. The crash also claimed the lives of four others travelling with him, including two pilots and members of his security detail.

The Independent UK

Campaigning starts for Bangladesh's first national election after Hasina's ouster

Campaigning has begun for Bangladesh’s elections next month

Newslaundry

BJP with Congress, NCP factions against their allies: Welcome to Pune’s political freak show

There is an old political cliché about there being no permanent friends or enemies in politics, only permanent interests. In Pune right now, that line sounds less like wisdom and more like warning.

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Newslaundry

‘Purity’ doesn’t bring peace: 2025’s warning for Bangladesh, Myanmar, Assam and Bengal polls next year

Four upcoming elections are set to shape the politics and security of a region that sits at the strategically sensitive junction of India and China and directly affect the lives of a population larger than that of every country in the world barring India and China.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh braces for further unrest after four killed in clashes at rally

Heavy police presence at Faridpur rally after violence between security forces and supporters of ousted PM Hasina.

Newslaundry

No FIR despite complaints: Muslim families say forced to leave Pune village amid ‘boycott, threats’

For Fahimuddin Ansari, the scent of freshly baked bread wasn’t just livelihood – it was legacy. Six decades ago, his father would cycle across Pune to sell pao, biscuits, and cakes. The Ansari family later put down roots in Paud village, in Pune’s scenic Mulshi taluka, and opened the New…

Newslaundry

Fadnavis vs facts? EC data doesn’t match CM’s claims

After Rahul Gandhi tweeted a Newslaundry report on a sharp rise in voters in Nagpur South West, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded with data to shut all the criticism. He claimed there were at least 25 constituencies that saw voter numbers go up by more than eight percent between…

Al Jazeera

Why the future of Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus administration is uncertain

Political discord over when to hold elections and growing tensions with the armed forces have left government hamstrung.

The Conversation

After an autocratic leader was toppled in Bangladesh, democratic renewal remains a work in progress

Last July, a powerful student-led uprising in Bangladesh toppled the authoritarian, corrupt government led for 15 years by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

International Business Times

Bangladesh Begins Three Days Of Mass Political Rallies

Three days of political rallies began in Bangladesh on Thursday with rival groups to stage mass demonstrations in Dhaka, drumming up support for eagerly anticipated elections following an uprising last year.

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