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BNP adopts three-tier candidate selection strategy amidst mounting legal pressure

by Nawaz Farhin Antara in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 13, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has devised a three-tier candidate selection strategy ahead of the national parliamentary elections amidst concerns of legal battles and imprisonment faced by top leaders. The party is actively working to prepare candidates for the crucial elections while simultaneously pursuing its one-point movement for the resignation of the government. Under the strategy, the top tier of candidates will include established party leaders,…

EU Delegation: A visit crucial to ensuring polls observers

by Porimol Palma in The Daily Star, Jul 6, 2023The assessment of the EU exploratory mission, which will visit Bangladesh for two weeks starting July 9, could determine the international acceptability of the next parliamentary election, analysts have said. The EU is sending the mission to observe the pre-polls atmosphere, and the response will determine whether it would send a team to observe the election. The initiative, the first of this kind with regard to…

TRC draft to be presented to TNA and foreign diplomats

report in The Island, June 19, 2023The Reconciliation Commission (TRC) draft is to be shared with the diplomatic community and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) by next month. Thereafter, it will be submitted to Parliament for consideration. Minister of Justice Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has said that once the TRC draft receives parliamentary approval, it will be implemented by December 2023. This development comes in anticipation of the 53rd regular sessions of the United Nations Human…