Dhaka, Feb 2 (IANS) Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has said that women cannot hold the highest leadership position in the party, stating that the party follows Islamic principles, which “do not allow women to serve as ameer”.This comes as Bangladesh goes to the polls on February 12.Speaking to reporters at the Election Commission (EC) premises on Sunday, the party’s Women’s Wing Secretary Nurunnisa Siddika said Jamaat-e-Islami operates as an organisation guided by Islamic ideals and bases it…
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New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Jamaat-e-Islami is going all out to ensure that it secures a massive victory in the Bangladesh elections slated to be held in February. The organisation has devised separate strategies for the urban and rural areas and is targeting 163 constituencies exclusively where internal surveys have suggested a victory for the party.As of now, the Jamaat and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are fighting the polls solo. The two parties had fought elections and even govern…
Dhaka, Jan 17 (IANS) Just days ahead of the Bangladesh general elections, fissures have emerged within the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, after coalition partner Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) announced its decision to part ways with the bloc, local media reported.Stressing that it does not wish to engage in politics by “depending on others’ favour”, the IAB on Friday said that it plans to contest the next general elections independently in 268 out of 300 constituencies.Th…
Agartala, Jan 10 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, on Saturday, discussed the India-Bangladesh border-related issues and the implications of upcoming elections in the neighbouring country with the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Red Shield Division of the Army, Major General Shubhankar Basu and other senior Army officials. An official said that the Chief Minister discussed recent developments along the India-Bangladesh Border, including concerns related to porous borders, inimica…
Dhaka, Dec 22 (IANS) Amid widespread unrest and violence in Bangladesh over the killing of student leader Osman Haidi, another student leader was shot in the head, local media reported. The victim was identified as Muhammad Motaleb Shikder, a student leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP), the same party to which Osman Haidi belonged. He was shot in the head in Khulna by unidentified gunmen this morning at around 11.45 AM. He is currently in the hospital undergoing treatment.“A bullet pier…