Dhaka, Jan 24 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League accused the “illegal” Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of attempting to stage a “so-called referendum”, calling it not merely a gross violation of constitutional norms but a calculated effort to mislead the people.The referendum scheduled for February 12 alongside the general elections in Bangladesh, the party said, is a “farce” engineered by the Yunus government and will remain a “black stain” on the country’s constitutiona…
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Dhaka, Jan 23 (IANS) With campaigning for Bangladesh’s February 12 national elections getting underway, leaders of major political parties, including the NCP and BNP, launched sharp verbal attacks on each other while addressing mass rallies across several districts, local media reported.Addressing a rally held in the Banshtala area of Bhatara in Dhaka, as part of the party’s election campaign, Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), accused one particular party of spreadin…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Even as media analyses of the Bangladesh economy paint a grim — though bailable yet — picture, where most citizens tighten their belts amidst rising prices and low wages, some 28 per cent of candidates contesting the upcoming general elections own crores in assets and a few even own properties abroad, according to Bangladeshi media reports. Interestingly, Islamic parties were found to have fielded the highest number of candidates in terms of party affiliation, reported…
Dhaka, Jan 22 (IANS) Bangladesh Awami League on Thursday warned that the country is witnessing a disturbing political trend, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman being celebrated, rehabilitated, and projected as a future leader, raising concerns that the nation’s history has been erased and its collective memory failed. “The crimes, corruption, and state capture of the 2001–2006 period are being deliberately forgotten, softened, or conveniently ignored. This amne…
Dhaka, Jan 21 (IANS) Bangladesh’s February 12 general election will serve as a referendum on the post‑Sheikh Hasina political order, where the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) holds an edge over Jamaat-e-Islami while Hindu voters claim intimidation by both parties, opined a recent report. “Bangladeshis will vote in their country’s 13th general election on February 12. This is a significant election; it is the first since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in student-led protests …
Dhaka, Jan 21 (IANS) As Bangladesh heads towards February 12 elections, several workers and supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the radical Islamist Party Jamaat-e-Islami engaged in escalating clashes over election campaigning, local media reported.Amid rising political tensions, the workers of the BNP and Jamaat clashed in Dhaka’s Mirpur area on Tuesday, leaving several people injured.Citing witnesses, Bangladesh’s leading newspaper, The Daily Star, reported that the clas…
Dhaka, Jan 20 (IANS) The tendency of political parties in Bangladesh to issue warnings to the interim government over the fairness of the general election shows no sign of slowing down, even as polling day draws closer in the unrest-hit country.With only a few days remaining for the elections, political parties have already begun issuing strong “warnings” to the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, raising serious questions about the conduct of the polls.These are the same political outfits th…
Dhaka, Jan 20 (IANS) The Awami League on Tuesday asserted that the gas crisis unfolding across Bangladesh is a direct result of state neglect under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, which has allowed a critical public utility to drift into chaos while hiding behind the language of “reform”. According to the party, the current crisis in Bangladesh is not a sudden shock, an unavoidable global spillover, or a supply issue, but an “undeniable failure of governance” and yet another example o…
Dhaka, Jan 20 (IANS) Two teachers of a private university in Bangladesh were dismissed following allegations of “blasphemy” and being branded as “Awami League sympathisers”, local media reported on Tuesday.The teachers dismissed by the authorities of the University of Asia Pacific (UAP) in Dhaka are Assistant Professor Layeka Bashir and Associate Professor ASM Mohsin, both from the Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities, with Mohsin serving as its head.Confirming that the two teachers had b…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Lamenting the minuscule representation by women candidates in Bangladesh’s upcoming elections, a Dhaka daily on Monday flagged “systemic design and failure” as the main reasons, echoing the voice of writer and activist Taslima Nasreen without naming her. “The lack of women candidates has nothing to do with women’s competence or willingness to lead, but everything to do with systemic design and failure,” opined the article in the Daily Star.“Many women in Ba…