Dhaka: As Bangladesh gears up for its 13th national election slated in February 2026, Dhaka’s political climate is marred with challenges the country has never faced before. Since August 2024, communal violence, mobocracy, ethnic attacks, the rise of Islamist extremism, systemic target of dissident voices and aggressive attempts at historical revisionism have become akin to ‘new’ Bangladesh. The Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, however, promised this election to be Bangladesh’s first ‘free and fair…
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Dhaka, Dec 27 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman completed the process of registering for a National Identity Card (NID) and having his name included in the voter list on Saturday, following his return to the country after 17 years of self-imposed exile, local media reported.Two days after returning from London, Rahman visited the grave of extremist leader Osman Hadi in the Dhaka University area on Saturday morning.He then went to the Election Building…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Reiterating its stance on having free, fair and inclusive elections in Bangladesh, India on Friday stated that it views the return of Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman to the conflict-ridden country in the wider democratic context. “We support free, fair, and inclusive elections in Bangladesh, and the return of the BNP leader from London should be seen in that context,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Former diplomat Mahesh Sachdeva on Friday asserted that the second mob lynching of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh in a span of one week underscores the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government’s complete failure to maintain law and order situation in the South Asian nation. The remarks came a day after Bangladeshi media reported the killing of another Hindu, identified as 29-year-old Amrit Mondal, in yet another incident driven by sectarian hatred. Mondal was allegedly lynched…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Developments in Bangladesh since Wednesday, making the headlines, suggest that the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus now has a plan to counter the negative image developing from widespread arson and killings. On Wednesday, Khuda Baksh Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s special assistant (Ministry of Home Affairs) to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, submitted his resignation, which was accepted and announced through a gazette notification within hours.In a separate developme…
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has a plan, he told his countrymen on Thursday, December 25, in Dhaka, but did not deal much with its details. Both the parents of the 60-year-old BNP leader had stints as head of government at different times. While his father Ziaur Rahman was the sixth President of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981, Tarique’s mother was the first female Prime Minister to hold office between 1991-1996…
Dhaka, Dec 25 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, arrived in Dhaka on Thursday after 17 years of self-imposed exile amid the deepening political crisis in the nation.Rahman landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, accompanied by his wife Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman.He was warmly received by BNP leaders, which included Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, members of the party’s S…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) A “double-layer” security cordon across Dhaka has been put in place ahead of the return of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman on December 25, after more than 17 years in exile, according to reports from Bangladesh. His return is being described as a pivotal moment for the BNP, where he intends to mobilise and formulate its electoral strategy ahead of the 2026 polls in the absence of his ailing mother, party supremo Khaleda Zia.Tarique R…
Dhaka, Dec 25 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Thursday, local media reported on Wednesday, citing a party leader. Addressing a press conference in Dhaka, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed outlined a detailed timeline.As per the plan, Rahman will depart London’s Heathrow Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, accompanied by his wife Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman.After arriving in Dhaka,…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Bangladesh’s interim government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is currently under severe criticism for having failed to maintain law and order, leaving the country at the risk of another military takeover of its day-to-day administration. Dhaka is no stranger to Army involvement in governance with several takeovers and attempted coups marking its history, adding up to more than a dozen, since the country attained Independence from Pakistan’s repression in 1971.In Au…