by Mohiuddin Alamgir in The Daily Star, Aug 11, 2023The Election Commission yesterday officially declared two “little-known” and “suddenly established” parties — Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) — as registered political parties with the commission. The EC unanimously decided to register the parties. BNM’s symbol will be an “anchor”, while BSP will have “ektara” as its symbol, read an EC statement. This registration took place just ahead of the next polls,…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 9, 2023The Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) has announced the celebration of this year’s World Indigenous Day with a week-long series of programmes, starting with the main function on Wednesday. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is scheduled to kick off the celebrations of the 29th International Day for World’s Indigenous People and address the main function to be held at Nepal Academy, Kathmandu. In the…
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 Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee/Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, July 10, 2023As the BNP and 35 other like-minded parties are set to launch a one-point movement to oust the government, the Police Headquarters is collecting data on all the cases against opposition activists and leaders. The headquarters is gathering information about those who faced charges of arson, killing of police members, crimes against humanity, and other serious crimes in 2013 and later. The initiative…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, July 6, 2023Patriotic National Movement (PNM) Secretary Dr. Wasantha Bandara said on Tuesday (04) that Sena Thoradeniya’s ‘Galle Face Protest: System Change or Anarchy?’, reiterated accusations pertaining to the alleged high profile US role in an operation that ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July 2022. Dr. Bandara said that Thoradeniya’s work was meant to strengthen National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa’s ‘Nine; The Hidden Story’ that dealt with…
report in Prothom Alo, 22 June 2023BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said movement is the only way to establish a non-partisan government for holding the next national election in a credible manner, reports UNB. “There’s no alternative before the nation to carrying out a movement to force the current regime for holding the elections under a neutral government,” he said. Speaking at a seminar, the BNP leader said the entire nation…
by Kunal Purohit in SCMP, June 19, 2023Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah made a rare public appearance earlier this year in the Himalayan nation’s Jhapa district to launch a movement to change the country’s secular constitution and reinstate its identity as a Hindu kingdom. Thousands of Nepalis gathered at the February event to back the cause, with several marches occurring across the country since. Last month, just days before Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal,…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Apr 22, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has been busy with various programmes throughout the holy month of Ramadan, but the party is yet to finalise the layout of its movement after the Eid. According to sources, a simultaneous movement will be announced after the Eid, which will be stronger than the previous ones. The party will announce field-level programmes along with climate-related meetings and seminars in May. This…
by Samsur Rahman in Prothom Alo, Mar 27, 2023Although the BNP and seven-party led alliance Ganatantra Mancha have held several meetings, they couldn’t finalise the ‘joint declaration’ as a basis of simultaneous movement. However, the Ganatantra Mancha has provided a draft declaration. But the matter remains hanging for a decision by the BNP. BNP is taking time to give their opinion as they would discuss the matter at the top level. All anti-government parties including…
Editorial in Dawn, January 16th, 2023IT is unfortunate that rather than engaging with Balochistan’s Haq Do Tehreek politically, the state is cracking down on its leadership. The movement has for over a year been highlighting what it says is an injustice with Makran, with Maulana Hidayatur Rehman serving as the HDT’s face. The maulana and his movement were catapulted to the national stage in 2021 when he led a massive protest in Gwadar over various…
report in The Daily Star, Dec 30, 2022The BNP and 32 other like-minded political parties will take to the streets for the first time today as part of their simultaneous movement. The procession will be held to press home its 10-point demand that includes the resignation of the government, dissolution of parliament, transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker government before the next national election, and formation of a new Election Commission. BNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami,…