Political news from Bangladesh
BanglaPress Desk: Initiatives are underway to restructure the central committee of the National Citizen Party (NCP). Nasiruddin Patwary, Hasnat Abdullah, Sarjis Alam, and Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan are...
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...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Standing Committee member Hafizuddin Ahmed on Thursday lamented that a political party which opposed Bangladesh’s Liberation War is now trying to say the nation made a mistake in 1971. Speaking at a discussion, h...
Bangla Press Desk: Two senior BNP leaders have expressed concerns over the transparency and legitimacy of the constitutional amendments, saying that the constitution cannot be amended outside the parliamentary process. Meanwhile, the Constit...
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