by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Dec 4, 2023Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has planned to bring all the opposition parties, which have been launching movements against the government, to one platform. Sources concerned said this strategy has been planned targeting the voting day on 7 January of the 12th parliamentary elections. At this stage of the simultaneous movement seeking the election under a neutral government, BNP policymakers think the pace of the movement will intensify…
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By Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Nov 29, 2023The rift between GM Quader and Raushan Ershad, the two most known leaders of the Jatiya Party, has put the parliament’s main opposition in serious trouble. Leader of the opposition and JP chief patron Raushan Ershad and her son Rahgir Almahe Ershad MP yesterday said they would not participate in the January 7 election under the leadership of party Chairman GM Quader. The main reason behind…
report in Daily Mirror online, Nov 25, 2023 at 07:31 amCOLOMBO – The appointment of the tenth member to the Constitutional Council (CC) has been hampered over differences within the opposition, eventually leading to its activities being hamstrung, Daily Mirror learns. According to the Constitution, the current vacancy which has existed for more than one year should be reserved for a member of the third-largest party in Parliament, not represented either by the Prime Minister…
By Mohiuddin Alamgir in The Daily Star, Nov 21, 2023The Election Commission will consider rescheduling the upcoming national polls if major opposition BNP decides to join it following political consensus. Two election commissioners said they have time to push the election date by five to seven days, as the five-year term of parliament will end on January 29. They, however, said election commissioners have not held any discussions about the issue. Asked whether there would…
report in Prothm Alo, Nov 19, 2023A 48-hour shutdown (hartal) enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) began across the country at 6:00am on Sunday BNP imposed the shutdown protesting the ‘unilateral’ announcement of the schedule of the 12th parliamentary election. The party called people to take to the streets to observe the shutdown peacefully. The hartal will in place until 6:00am on Tuesday. Along with BNP, other like-minded political coalitions and parties, as well as…
report in The Island, Nov 12, 2023ECONOMYNEXT –Amid speculation of a widening rift within the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) over its political future, the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has called the SLPP’s bluff, challenging it to defeat the upcoming budget if they want an election. Former SJB MP Mujibur Rahuman said the SLPP can defeat the upcoming budget if they want a parliamentary election. “If the Rajapaksas want to go for…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 3, 2023At least 27 political cases were filed against opposition party leaders-activists naming over a thousand people and accusing over 11 thousand unnamed individuals in last month alone. This was stated in a monthly human rights bulletin circulated by the Human Rights Support Society yesterday. In addition, 501 people were subjected to political arrests by law enforcement agencies, and 494 of them from the opposition, said the organisation. At…
report in Prothom Alo, Sept 2, 2023Nearly 120 people, including police, were injured as clashes broke out between opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists with the police and ruling Awami League men in Magura, Netrokona, Gaibandha and Bhola districts on Friday. The clashes took place as the opposition party was organising its 45th founding anniversary programme on the day. In Magura, a clash broke out between the police and BNP leaders and activists…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 23, 2023The Nepali Congress, the largest party in the federal and provincial parliaments as well the local level, has concluded that the public has misconceptions about it, arising from the flow of illusionary messages about the party’s policy and leadership. Releasing the findings of a nationwide campaign carried out by the party from August 5 to 15, Min Bishwokarma, head of the party’s publicity department, said that due to…
by Salman Tarek Shakil in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 20, 2023*New Delhi says weak Awami League not beneficial**Opposition parties express distrust towards India***Internal BNP divisions on interpreting India’s stance****GM Quader to visit India about elections*****BNP plans mass gathering on September 1An article published in the prominent Indian newspaper, Anandabazar Patrika, has sparked controversy and unrest among the opposition parties in Bangladesh. Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and several allied parties addressed the “India issue”…
report in Economy Next online, Aug 17, 2023 at 1:33 pmSri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP), an opposition alliance dominated by the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has rejected calls for an alliance with other opposition parties. JVP frontliner K D Lal Kantha said speaking at an event on Wednesday August 16 that his party does not want to form alliances with what he called “rotting” parties. “We’re getting suggestions these days, asking we can…