For information on the municipal election results in the Dhaka area, please consult the attached articles. Results for the Mirpur area could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Asian Survey [Berkeley, CA]. November 1995. Vol. 35, No. 11. Nizam U. Hamed. "Party Politics in Bangladesh's Local Government: the 1994 City corporation Election," pp. 1017-1029.

_____. February 1995. Vol. 35, No. 2. Golam Hossain. "Bangladesh in 1994: Democracy at Risk," pp. 171-73.

Radio Bangladesh [Dhaka, in Bengali]. 31 January 1994. "Mayoral Election Results Announced; Six Reported Killed in Dhaka Violence." (BBC Summary 3 Feb. 1994/ NEXIS)

Asiaweek [Hong Kong]. Weekly.

Far Eastern Economic Review [Hong Kong]. Weekly.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.

Keesing's Record of World Events. Yearly. Edited by Roger East. London: Longman.

Material from the Indexed Media Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the Weekly Media Review.

On-line searches for news articles in the NEXIS database.
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