by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, July 21, 2023The Awami League has decided to forge a new electoral alliance eying the upcoming national polls, after facing backlash from some of its 14-party alliance partners over the planned inclusion of some Islamist parties in it. The current 14-party alliance is pro-left — the majority of it being comprised of leftist organisations. The new political alliance is likely to include five to six registered Islamist…
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by Qadir Kallol in Prothom Alo, July21, 2023With the national parliamentary election looming up ahead, Awami League is drawing up its plans. The party’s election strategy is not giving any consideration to BNP or the other parties who are waging a movement. They are going ahead with their plan to hold the election in accordance to the present system under the constitution. However, they are also taking into account what strategy to adopt if eventually…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Jul 20, 2023Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hinted that there will soon be a new political alliance and it will take to the streets in support of the government, according to sources familiar with the development. Certain parties that believe in the spirit of the Liberation War and have shown interest in joining the Awami League-led 14-party alliance, will be in the new alliance. But the current…
report in The Daily Star, July 19, 2023BNP leaders and activists have begun their march from capital’s Abdullahpur area to press home their one-point demand for polls under a non-party interim government. They started their march from Uttara’s Abdullahpur area and will end the procession at Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka around 4:00pm, reports our correspondent from the spot. BNP supporters, activists and leaders started gathering at Mollajir Masjid Market of Abdullahpur since 9:00am…
AFP report , July 19, 2023COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s president arrives in India on Thursday for his first visit to the regional powerhouse, with concerns mounting in New Delhi over China´s increasing influence in the strategically placed but financially bankrupt island. New Sri Lankan leaders usually travel to India within a few weeks of taking office, but Ranil Wickremesinghe´s trip comes exactly a year after he became president following the toppling of his predecessor at the…
report in Prothom Alo, Jul 18,2023Questions have arisen over the election commission giving registration to two unknown political parties, especially before the forthcoming parliamentary election. Questions have also arisen as to whether the constitutionally independent body is operating at the behest of the government. A total of 93 parties submitted applications seeking registration from the EC. The EC decided to give registration to Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP). The election commission…
report in Prothom Alo, July 17, 2023Gono Odhikar Parishad has not got registration from the election commission as the party did not compromise with ruling Awami League, alleged its president Nurul Haque Nur on Sunday. Nurul Haque made the allegation after the EC on Sunday announced that it has decided to recognise two more political parties – Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) – with formal registration ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary…
report in Prothom Alo, July 17, 2023This was an incident of 15 years ago. A physician went missing while she was returning home from hospital in Chattogram. A case was filed in this regard and investigations were carried out. But the missing physician could not be found. Her father is been exhausted running to police stations and courts. He has not given up hope to find his daughter. The missing physician is Nusrat Alam. She…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, July 17, 2023After around 16 months, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is going to sit with the leaders of AL-led 14-party alliance on Wednesday. Informing the leaders about the outcome of AL and government’s meetings with US envoys and visiting European delegations and discussion on the next course of action regarding politics are in the agenda, said sources. But sources in the 14-party alliance said Hasina convened…
report in The Daily Star, July 16, 2023Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged the government to sit in a dialogue with all political parties immediately to make the upcoming parliamentary elections free, fair and participatory. Though it’s the constitutional right to cast vote, the country’s people have had to fight to establish their basic rights, he said. “People want to form a government through a democratic process by exercising their constitutional rights in a…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Jul 15, 2023The ruling Awami League thinks the main challenge for the party does not stem from the BNP’s one-point movement, but from the possibility of BNP joining the national polls at the last minute. Although the BNP says it will not take part in the polls under the Sheikh Hasina-led government, the AL leadership says the BNP has already started making preparations to contest the parliamentary…