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Religious rituals mark her day

Hasina to vote at City College

Staff Correspondent
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina spent most of yesterday reciting from the Holy Quran, praying and holding indoor meetings with foreign election observers.
She is to cast her vote at the Dhaka City College polling centre today.
She also spent a few hours talking to party candidates contestingin today's general elections and gave them directives on things they should do today.
After offering Fazr prayers and reciting from the Holy Quran. Hasina met the election observing delegation of International Republican Institute around 7:30am at her Sudha Sadan home in Dhanmondi. She also met the delegations of British parliament members, European parliament mem-bers and National Democratic Institute (NDI) later in the day.
At the meetings, each lasting more than an hour, Hasina said she expects that the people would give the AJL-led grand alliance the mandate for change in today's national elections.
Around 6:40 in the evening. Hasina and her youn-ger sister went to Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on Dhanmondi Road-32. The building was once her home. She recited from the Holy Quran for several hours and offered Esha and especial prayers for the salvation of her departed family members who were killed on August 15,1975.
AL. after the meeting with NDI, hoped that it would secure two-third majority in the next parliament.
"Insha'Allah we will get absolute majority. We will be victorious with about 200 seats," co-chairman of the AL's election-conducting committee HT Imam told reporters at Sudha Sadan.
Today’s national elections, post-polls environment, election observing, threat to minorities and the use of black money came up * for discussion during the meeting between NDI and
"We just had a very good talk with Sheikh Hasina," head of the six-member NDI delegation Howard B Schafer told journalists after the meeting.
Wc mostly want a free, fair and transparent election to be followed by the organisation of a good stable generous government in which the opposition can play a role, a traditional role, which has not always been the case in Bangladesh." he said.
Howard, who was the US ambassador to Bangladesh 20 years ago, said. "I wish the country all the best., the best way is to hold a good election tomorrow and we arc here to help you to do that.’
AL s advisory council member HT Imam claimed that the minority communi-
ties have been threatened in different parts of the country and a huge amount of money has been distributed among voters to buy votes for the BNP-Jamaat coalition.
"We in the meeting also pointed out the issues of minorities and the use of religion in the elections," he said.
Former ambassadors Ziauddin and Muhammad Zamir, Sheikh Rahana's son Redowan Mujib Siddique Boby, daughter Rezowana Mujib Siddiuqe Tulip and Boby's wife Peppi-T-Kivinismi were present at the meeting.