report in Prothom Alo, Dec 4, 2023In the Panchagarh-1 seat (covering Sadar, Tetulia, and Atowari), Awami League’s district branch vice-president Naimuzzman Bhuiyan (Mukta) has secured the party’s nomination. However, four other Awami League leaders, including the incumbent member of parliament Mazharul Haque Pradhan and District Awami League General Secretary Anwar Sadat, have submitted nomination papers as independent candidates for this seat. The situation has created confusion and disarray among the leaders and workers of Awami…
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report in Prothom Alo, Sept 26, 2023The ruling Awami League has given BNP a 36-day ultimatum for it to give up its ‘evil politics’. It said that if BNP doesn’t come to the ‘right path’ within this time, it will take the people along and crush BNP’s ‘hand of evil politics’. Awami League said this was a last warning to BNP. Awami League held separate rallies in Uttara and Jatrabari of the capital yesterday, Monday.…
by Ali Asif Shawon in Dhaka Tribune, July 25, 2023The ruling Awami League is preparing its leaders to contest the next national election and defend against the opposition’s movement by increasing its presence on the streets. The party is adamant on holding the next election in a timely manner under the current administration as per the constitution, regardless of whether the BNP and other opposition political parties join the polls or not. The Awami League…
by Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary in The Daily Star, June 15, 2023The government’s decision to allow Jamaat-e-Islami back in active politics, instead of bringing it to book for its 1971 role, will be suicidal for the ruling Awami League and above all, the country, said freedom fighters, families of the martyrs and war crimes researchers. The government is abandoning the spirit of the Liberation War by taking such a decision just to stay in power, they…
Bangladesh is once again in political turmoil. Main Opposition leader and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia has started a campaign demanding mid-term election saying that the present Awami League (AL) led Grand Alliance government of her bitter rival Sheik Hasina has failed the people. She raised this demand as soon as the High Court dismissed her appeal against the government notice asking her to vacate her cantonment house and cancelled the extension of her son…
By Afsan Chowdhury in Dhaka Courier This year, Durga Puja in Bangladesh was one of the more violent ones as mandaps all over the country faced various forms of violence and intimidation. Although the Prime Minister thanked law enforcement agencies for ensuring a peaceful environment, the facts seem otherwise. Her statement that everyone in Bangladesh is at liberty to practice their own religion, rings hollow. Six cops were suspended in Sunamganj for attacking Hindu devotees…