Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) As India celebrates its 77th Republic Day on Monday, Bangladesh extended heartfelt greetings and best wishes to the government and people of India, reaffirming the spirit of friendship and cooperation between the two neighbouring countries.The Bangladesh High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah, while sharing an image bearing the message, “Bangladesh greets on India’a 77th Republic Day”, (the greeting was extended in 14 languages) wrote, “#Bangladesh felicitates every wom…
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New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The rising concern in Bangladesh over the trend of using religion in politics, especially during elections, was recently voiced in an article published in one of the country’s online Bengali news portal. The article on Banglanews24 website cited a study by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), which highlighted the rise of religious politics.”The reason for this is the absence of a democratic political environment in the country for a long time, the impact of …
Dhaka, Jan 23 (IANS) As political violence intensifies ahead of the February elections in Bangladesh, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was critically injured when unknown assailants opened fire in the Keraniganj area of the capital Dhaka, local media reported on Friday.The victim, identified as 45-year-old Mohammad Hasan Molla, general secretary of the BNP in Hazratpur Union of Keraniganj, was shot on Thursday night.He was reportedly taken in critical condition to the emergency…
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…
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 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 …
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The debate over Bangladesh achieving a trillion‑dollar economy by 2034 has moved from party manifestos into national conversation and online trolling, even as some economists have claimed the target may perhaps be achievable, said a media report published Wednesday. Under the right mix of policy, investment and institutional reform, Bangladesh could reach a much larger economy within a decade, but only if growth, revenue mobilisation and structural change accelerate sh…
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) Bangladesh’s political landscape remains predominantly male-dominated, reflecting a patriarchal society that discourages female participation in the political structure of the country, resulting in low representation of women across political parties at all levels, a report said on Tuesday. Writing for leading Bangladeshi daily Prothom Alo, Selim Jahan, former Director of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), cited m…