Political news from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Monday warned that the BNP government is following the same footsteps of ousted autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina and her banne...
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Bangla Press Desk: Fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called the guilty verdict and death sentence in her crimes against humanity trial "biased and politically motivated".Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from...
Bangla Press Desk: Abigail Boyd, an Australian MP, has urged Bangladesh’s interim government to ensure the security of BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman ahead of the upcoming general elections slated for February next year.Extending sincere...
Bangla Press Desk: Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed heartfelt gratitude to members of the Australian Parliament for speaking out on democracy, human rights and electoral integrity in Bangladesh, saying their position echoes the hop...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a certain political party is attempting to create division within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).He made the remark on Saturday morning while addressi...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Chairperson’s Adviser Zainul Abedin Farroque has urged people to vote “no” in the July Charter referendum, adding his partymen would “clarify the voters” in this regard.He made the remarks at a grassroots meeting of Mahila Dal,...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP leaders and activists have launched the election campaign for party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in her Dinajpur-3 constituency ahead of the general election, expected in early February next year.The election campaign began im...
Bangla Press Desk: A man was killed after his motorcycle crashed during an election showdown in support of a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur on Friday night.The deceased, Nur Alam, 58, was from Hajihaat area under Ward-1 of...
Bangla Press Desk: Member Secretary of the National Citizen Party (NCP) Akhtar Hossain has said the government’s newly issued order on implementing the July Charter contains “numerous ambiguities” that raise questions about whether the charter can be...
Bangla Press Desk: Facing mounting internal pressure after widespread protests, resentment and clashes across several districts over its list of 237 election candidates, the BNP high command is now considering revising contentious nominations to ease...
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Bangla Press Desk: BNP-nominated candidate for Narayanganj-3, Azharul Islam Mannan, staged a daylong sit-in and demonstration on the Dhaka–Chattogram Highway on Thursday (13 November) in protest against the lockdown announced by the banned Awam...
Bangla Press Desk: A group of protesters set fire to the Awami League’s central office in Gulistan on Thursday afternoon.Eyewitnesses said that a group of 10 to 15 individuals gathered wood, cartons and other materials on the fourth floor...
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday urged political parties not to make the country’s situation volatile by imposing various conditions, but instead to face people in next year’s national election, rather than issuing threats to the ‘frag...
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