by Sajjad Hossain in The Daily Star, Sept 1, 2023The BNP observes its 45th founding anniversary today amid growing doubts among supporters about the effectiveness of their movement demanding Awami League government’s resignation. Many leaders and activists feel that the rallies and processions they have been organising will not cut as they can see that the party lacks a proper strategy and coordination between top leaders and the rank and file, a BNP standing committee…
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report in Prothom Alo,Aug 11, 2023Ruling Awami League’s associate organisation Jubo League has submitted a a memorandum to election commission demanding a ban on politics of BNP. Jubo League general secretary Md Mainul Hossain Khan handed over the memorandum to EC secretary Md Jahangir Alam on Thursday afternoon. The organisation also sent memoranda to home ministry, foreign ministry and law ministry. After submitting the memorandum, Jubo League secretary Mainul Hossain Khan told journalists BNP wants…
by Sajjad Hossain in The Daily Star, Aug 9, 2023After a 12-day break, BNP and like-minded parties are set to restart their one-point movement for the government’s resignation with a protest rally in Dhaka on August 11, according to party sources. It, however, currently has no plan to launch protests outside Dhaka due to excessive flooding in many districts at the moment, party leaders said. The BNP standing committee took the decision on Monday. At…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 8, 2023Alleging that the BNP-Jamaat are conspiring to foil the next national election, the leaders of ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday said they would unitedly resist any such. They made the remarks while addressing a “peace” rally organised by the alliance protesting the “terror and anarchy” of BNP, held in front of the AL headquarters at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka “BNP wants to change the constitution in the…
by Qadir Kallol in Prothom Alo, Aug 4, 2023Ruling Awami League and opposition are both taking up various strategies to keep each other under pressure. Both parties are focused on the streets. BNP feels it has succeeded in keeping the ruling coterie under pressure through its large allies and other programmes. Awami League, on the other hand, says they have managed to push BNP against the wall through their administrative and political strategies. Awami League…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 1, 2023The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday decided to face on the streets the BNP and like-minded parties who have waged a movement to unseat the government. The decision came at a meeting of the 14-party combine at its spokesperson Amir Hossain Amu’s residence in the capital’s Eskaton. The allies will take to the streets under the alliance’s and their own banners in support of the government from…
report on The Daily Star online, July 29, 2023 at 09.52 pmThe BNP will hold rallies in districts and cities across the country on July 31 protesting the “attacks” by police and ruling Awami League men on BNP’s sit-in programme. “We planned to hold the programme tomorrow, Sunday. However, the Awami League has already declared its programme on that day. Therefore, we are now announcing our programme for Monday. We decided not to create a…
by Sajjad Hossain/ Md Abbas in The Daily Star, July 29, 2023From its mammoth rally in the capital’s Nayapaltan, BNP yesterday announced sit-ins for today at all the major entry points to Dhaka as part of the party’s larger movement to force the government to hold the upcoming national election under a non-party government. In a late-night development, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police said they will not allow any such programmes, but BNP sources said they…
by Nawaz Farhin Antara in Dhaka Tribune, July 24, 2023The BNP has been agitating to fulfil its one-point demand for the resignation of the government through a series of rallies, processions, and marches for several months, and party leaders say they will take to the streets with even more fervour from September. Senior leaders said they would protest with the promise to not leave the streets until their demand is met. Dhaka is the main…
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…
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…