by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star , Dec 25, 2023The Awami League’s main focus will be on generating employment in order to make Bangladesh a developed nation by 2041, said several leaders involved in drafting of the party’s election manifesto. The party is likely to set a goal of creating 1.5 crore jobs in the next five years, which was also mentioned in the declaration adopted at AL national council in December last…
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report in Prothom Alo, Dec 16, 2023Ruling Awami League has almost finalised its seat sharing with its partners and allies. Partners of the 14-party alliance have been given seven seats. Awami League has no intention of giving them any more seats. Outside of that, leaders of the so-called “king’s parties” –Supreme Party, Trinomool BNP, BNM, and the party leaving the BNP alliance – Kalyan Party, have been given assurance of victory in the election. But…
report in The Nation, Dec 14, 2023Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Wednesday that his political party was ready to form a coalition government with the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). Maulana Fazlur Rehman told the journalists that JUI-F has not held talks with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) regarding seat adjustment and electoral alliance. He said that common citizens and law enforcers were being martyred in Dera Ismail Khan, Tank…
By Rashidul Hasan in The Daily star, Nov 13, 2023The Jatiya Party appears to have softened its tough stance against elections under the ruling Awami League. JP Chairman GM Quader used to say that with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in power, the next national election cannot be free and fair. He also used to say that there should be a system in which the government cannot influence or control polling. That’s why GM Quader’s November…
by Amjad Mahmood in Dawn, Nov 2nd, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has expressed its willingness to form an electoral alliance with its arch-rival, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), to counter its former ally, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). “We may enter into an (electoral) alliance with other parties, including the PTI, against the PML-N,” said Punjab PPP acting president Rana Farooq Saeed at a press conference here on Wednesday. This statement appears to be…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 17, 2023Breaking away from its age-old tradition, the Awami League is going to introduce online collection and submission of its nomination forms for the upcoming national election slated for January. This means, nomination seekers will not require to come to Dhaka to collect and submit their forms. “Under the Awami League, Bangladesh has seen a great digital transformation. So, we will also have to make the Awami League digital,”…
By ABM Ripon in Prothom ALo, Oct 3, 2023Lakshmipur: Before the 2014 election, all four of Lakshmipur’s parliamentary seats were in BNP’s control. The party leaders and activists would consider this BNP’s stronghold. Then in 2014, all four of these seats slipped away from BNP. Since then, Awami League dominates the district politics there. In 2015, Miah Golam Faruk was made the district Awami League president and Nuruddin Chowdhury the general secretary. A section of…
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…
by Ali Asif Shawon in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 19, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) recently made a rare overt show of support for its ally Jamaat-e-Islami by expressing deep shock and sorrow at the death of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former MP Delawar Hossain Sayedee, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971. This is the first time that the BNP has mourned the death of a convicted…
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…
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…