report in The Daily Star, Dec 24, 2023BNP leader Abdul Moyeen Khan distributing leaflets in front of Jatiya Press Club yesterday. Photo: CollectedBNP senior leader Abdul Moyeen Khan yesterday said the party will be on the streets until the fall of the Awami League government, which they vowed to bring about peacefully. “We’re carrying out the movement to get back people’s voting rights. We’re on the streets, and we will be there with this goal…
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by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, December 11, 2023Provincial governments are starting to tire of the federal government’s continued reluctance to hand over requisite power and authority. Two more weeks and they could hit the streets to wrest their rights. At the request of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Madhesh Province has decided to give the federal government two weeks to readjust the police force and promulgate a federal civil service law. An…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 26, 2023The “campaign to protect nation, nationalism, religion, culture and citizens’, led by controversial businessman Durga Prasai, made headlines over the week as his supporters hit the streets of the Capital and faced off against the security personnel deployed to contain the pro-monarchy marches. Prasai continued his protest on Saturday, albeit on a smaller scale. Thursday’s protest, centred on Balkhu, was supported by right-wingers, royalists, pro-Hindu activists,…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 19, 2023.CPN-UML leaders and controversial businessman Durga Prasai, who for months have clashed verbally, are coming face to face on the streets of Kathmandu on Thursday. For a few years, Prasai had a close relationship with the UML and its Chairperson KP Sharma Oli but that didn’t last long. Bitterness in their relationship that started at the beginning of this year has reached new heights. Prasai has…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 02, 2023Awami League and its affiliate organisations were more prominent on Dhaka streets yesterday, the second day of the three-day nationwide blockade called by BNP, its allies, and Jamaat-e-Islami. Leaders and activists of the ruling party took positions at different spots around the capital, held brief rallies, and brought out processions wielding bamboo sticks. The AL activists were seen taking possession at places, including AL central office on Bangabandhu…
By Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee & Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, Oct 26, 2023The Awami League is fully prepared to prevent the BNP from resorting to violence centring the October 28 rally, ruling party leaders said. The leaders and activists of the AL’s Dhaka city, district and thana units have been instructed to take position on the streets and entrances to the capital from early Saturday, said AL insiders. Meanwhile, police are considering granting…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 21, 2023BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday urged the party rank and file to take to the streets with courage just for a few more days after the Durga Puja to oust the government. Speaking at a seminar on agriculture, he also criticised the prime minister for branding BNP as a terrorist party, and said Awami League is the godfather of terrorism. He urged their party leaders…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 1, 2023Apart from preparing for the election, the Awami League will tighten its grip on the streets throughout September by organising political programmes on a regular basis. The AL high-ups believe that the BNP will hold several programmes this month to realise its one-point demand for the removal of AL from power and elections under a non-partisan government and that is why the ruling party wants to stay on…
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…
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…
by Ali Asif Shawon in Dhaka Tribune, July 25, 2023The ruling Awami League is preparing its leaders to contest the next national election and defend against the opposition’s movement by increasing its presence on the streets. The party is adamant on holding the next election in a timely manner under the current administration as per the constitution, regardless of whether the BNP and other opposition political parties join the polls or not. The Awami League…