by Fazlur Rahman Raju in Dhaka Tribune, April 20, 2018 A number of Islamist parties are planning to join coalitions led by the ruling Awami League and the BNP while some others are reportedly planning to form separate alliances before the national election. Some of these parties have limited activities outside the areas they are based in. Being part of a large coalition will likely guarantee them at least some seats or a share of…
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by Fazlur Rahman Raju in Dhaka Tribune, April 20, 2018 With only eight months to go, left leaning political parties are yet to decide on participating in the 11th national elections or boycotting it. Leaders of leftist parties think that a free, fair, and participatory election is not possible under any political government. They said if Awami League forms an election-time government without dissolving parliament, then they will boycott the elections. But they also hoped…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Apr 18, 2018 at 10:15 PM A The four-member police team deputed to the Gulshan residence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in jail, has been withdrawn. The police personnel who used to provide security to the former prime minister’s house, “Firoza,” at Road No 79 in Dhaka’s Gulshan area were withdrawn around 3:30pm on Wednesday, her media wing member Shamsuddin Didar told UNB. He said the police team…
report on bdnews24.com, Apr 19, 2018 A day after Sheikh Hasina said her government is trying to negotiate the extradition of Tarique Rahman, the UK chapter of the Awami League has demanded that the top BNP leader be sent back to Bangladesh to face justice. They staged a demonstration in front of the British Parliament at London’s Westminster on Wednesday to put pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May’s government. The protest was also meant to…
report in Prthom Alo, Apr 17, 2018 at 17:44 Nurullah Noor, Rashed Khan and Faruk HossainThe police have denied the allegation of blindfolding three leaders of quota reform movement. Joint commissioner of the detective branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Abdul Baten at a press briefing on Tuesday claimed that the three top organisers of the quota reform movement whom the law enforcers in plainclothes picked up on Monday were not blindfolded. The DB…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 17, 2018 at 15:55hrs Bangladesh is sliding towards an ‘income-less employment’ as real income of working class people has declined. This was observed by Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Tuesday, analysing the state of the Bangladesh Economy in the fiscal year of 2017-18, reports UNB. Although employment generation marked some increase in FY2017, the real income has declined, Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of CPD, said presenting the CPD’s recommendations…
Razib Ahmed in Prothom Alo, Apr 17, 2018 at 19:42hrs Foreigners in Bangladesh formally remit $2b a yearForeigners working in Bangladesh repatriate $2 billion or Tk 165 billion a year through formal channels, according to Pew Research Center. However, unofficial estimate shows, Indian nationals working in the country alone take home Tk 320 billion annually. Around 85,000 foreigners legally work in Bangladesh, mostly in the export-oriented readymade garment (RMG) sector. But, industry insiders say, the…
Around 1:30pm yesterday, three leaders of the quota reform movement were in a rickshaw heading towards the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. All of a sudden, a group of gun-toting men appeared there, identified themselves as detectives and allegedly dragged the trio into a white microbus. The three were made to wear helmets and at one point “blindfolded” after the vehicle left the place. The leaders — Nurulhaq Nur, Muhammad Rashed Khan and Faruk Hasan —…
by Kamrul Hasan in Dhaka Tribune, Apr 16, 2018 at 02:41 PM A senior BNP leader has accused the prison authorities of ignoring their requests of arranging “better treatment” for incarcerated party chief Khaleda Zia. “It appears that the government has ordered the jail authorities to ensure that her (Khaleda’s) physical condition deteriorates,” BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told the media on Monday. He said the move was tantamount to torturing a…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 16, 2018 at 21:40 hrs Ruling Awami League on Monday announced the party’s National Elections Steering Committee for the 11th parliamentary polls. AL president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been named the chairman of the committee, said a media release signed by AL office secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap. The party’s presidium member HT Imam has been named the co-chairman while general secretary Obaidul Quader will act as the member…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 16, 2018 at 21:03 hrs HM Ershad, chairman of ruling Awami League’s alliance partner Jatiya Party, on Monday criticised prime minister Sheikh Hasina for failing to deliver her development promises outside of Dhaka. Also the prime minister’s special emissary, Ershad said although Hasina came to power promising the poor to provide rice at Tk 10 per kg and job for youths at every house, she could not live up to…