Political news from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has expressed deep shock and condolences over the death of five expatriate Bangladeshis from Kanaighat upazila of Sylhe...
Bangla Press Desk: The National Consensus Commission has requested for a revised policy requiring political parties to nominate women candidates in 5.0 per cent of general constituencies out of the total 300 seats, while keeping the existin...
Bangla Press Desk: National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has claimed that BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman rejected a proposal for the formation of an interim national government and a new constitution during a virtual meeti...
Bangla Press Desk: Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), has said it is time for the interim government to make an exit, urging it to prepare an “exit plan”. “It must now be made clear how...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said that his party will issue “family cards” offering financial or food aid under the names of female heads of households if it comes to power in the next national election....
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged all political parties to build mutual understanding and stop the blame game, warning that continued mudslinging will only deepen bitterness and make pol...
Bangla Press Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami has warned the party would file a lawsuit seeking compensation from the interim government if the state reform pledges by different political parties are not made legally binding. In the lawsuit, th...
Bangla Press Desk: Police have arrested 22 members of the banned Chhatra League, Awami League, and its affiliates over a secret meeting held at a convention centre near Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Area. The event, reportedly atte...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has undergone successful heart bypass surgery and is currently in stable condition. He has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for close monitoring. The i...
Bangla Press Desk: National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Ali Riaz said decisions were taken on a total of 19 issues based on discussions and consensus in the second phase of the meeting with the political parties. “Some...
Bangla Press Desk: Nipun Roy Chowdhury, general secretary of Dhaka District unit BNP and President of South Keraniganj BNP, called on the public to support the BNP in the upcoming national elections during advancedcampaign in Jinjira unde...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Friday said the people of Bangladesh will reject the Proportional Representation (PR) system in the election just as they rejected Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). “Te...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that the constitutional amendments must be made through the parliament. There is no scope to amend the constitution outside of parliament. He made...
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