The law adviser rolled up to Evercare Hospital to see how Khaleda Zia was doing, and she's apparently in rough shape. Asif Nazrul showed up representing Muhammad Yunus, chatted with the docs, and gave the family some moral support while she gets worked on in cardiac intensive care.
BNP's secretary general tagged along with the chief adviser's special assistant for the hospital run. The party's top people are getting constant updates about her medical situation, and having these big shots visit is basically their way of showing they've got her back during this mess.
Observers are treating this whole thing as a pretty significant political moment on top of being a health crisis, since the former prime minister's condition has everyone...
Bangladesh's religious adviser told people to chill with the vigilante stuff and let the courts handle punishment instead of grabbing pitchforks. AFM Khalid Hossain said at a Quran conference that anyone ignoring this advice is gonna face consequences, and he warned against messing with the election vibe.
This whole thing kicked off after some ultra-religious Tawhidi Janata folks kept jumping baul musicians who were mad about one of their guys getting locked up. The bauls were protesting because Abul Sarkar got arrested for supposedly disrespecting Islam with his Quran takes, which creative types and activists think is bogus.
The adviser made it clear that only approved Islamic scholars get to explain what the Quran means, not random...
The head of Jamaat-e-Islami is pretty worried about Khaleda Zia getting sicker at that hospital in Dhaka. Shafiqur Rahman posted about how his crew has been staying in the loop on the former prime minister's treatment situation, and he threw up some prayers for her to bounce back fast.
He asked Allah to help ease whatever she's dealing with and make things turn out well for her. The Jamaat leader also said some general prayers about keeping everyone safe from health problems and bad stuff happening.
Tarique Rahman thanked Bangladesh's chief adviser for keeping an eye on his mom's hospital stay and asking people to send good vibes her way. The BNP acting chairman put out a statement through one of the party's senior officials, saying Muhammad Yunus showed real decency by checking in on Khaleda Zia's condition.
The former prime minister is getting treated for some gnarly heart and lung infections at Evercare Hospital. Yunus has been staying updated on her medical situation, and he publicly asked the country to hope for her quick recovery.
Bangladesh's chief adviser Muhammad Yunus dispatched his law adviser and special assistant to check on former prime minister Khaleda Zia at an Evercare Hospital location in Dhaka. The BNP leader is getting intensive care for some serious health problems, and party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul met with the officials who showed up.
Yunus has been keeping tabs on her medical situation and asked everyone to pray for her recovery. He told the relevant authorities to make sure she gets whatever treatment she needs.
About 31 percent of Sabah's 1.74 million registered voters showed up by mid-morning for the state's 17th election, according to Election Commission head Ramlan Harun. That turnout was slightly behind the previous election's pace from 2020, and officials are predicting around 60 percent overall participation because of potential heavy rain.
All 882 voting locations opened on schedule despite wet weather hitting several areas. Ramlan noted that precipitation hasn't stopped people from casting ballots, and staffers managed to keep everything running smoothly. The commission plans to use helicopters for collecting ballots from 85 remote polling stations on islands, which close early due to having fewer than 100 voters each.
Officials are...
Hajiji Noor said the Sabah election ran smoothly despite tons of candidates fighting for seats across 73 constituencies. The caretaker chief minister who leads Gabungan Rakyat Sabah told reporters he was happy people kept things peaceful during voting, and he predicted turnout would stay strong if the weather cooperated.
The GRS chairman cast his ballot at a Serusup school with his wife before facing off against four opponents for the Sulaman seat. Hajiji defended the constituency for over 30 years after winning his last race by more than 3,000 votes, and this round he squared up against candidates from Barisan Nasional, Parti Warisan, Perikatan Nasional, and Parti Impian Sabah in a district with over 18,000 registered voters.
Sabah's election watchdog logged 603 rule violations during the campaign season, and most of them were dinky infractions like putting up posters wrong. The Election Commission chairman said cops got 81 reports while anti-corruption investigators grabbed five cases, and enforcement teams yanked down campaign materials that broke placement guidelines.
Ramlan Harun explained that vote counting stays transparent because party representatives sit at every table watching the whole process unfold. Counters won't finalize results until agents sign off, confirming everything ran clean, and the commission waits for approval before locking in any decisions.
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the Maharani Freeport project will pump out around 45,000 jobs and let small businesses tap into international trade routes. The government dropped tax breaks for companies running deep-sea ports, energy operations, and trade services at the facility that just got official freeport status after being gazetted.
The port sits near shipping lanes where 100,000 vessels move through every year, carrying massive amounts of oil and global cargo. Anwar said the setup connects Eastern and Western markets through the Straits of Melaka while cutting supply costs and giving investors fast access to Asian markets that keep growing. The whole thing runs on green tech and renewable power to drop emissions...
