New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Bangladesh has witnessed more than 50 attacks on minority communities in recent times in addition to election-related violence, harassment, and killings of political leaders, activists and potential candidates, said media reports on Monday quoting a study.At least 15 political leaders and activists have been killed across the country in the last 36 days following the announcement of the schedule for the upcoming 13th national election, according to a study by Transparency…
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Dhaka, Jan 27 (IANS) As campaigning for Bangladesh’s February 12 elections got underway, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) issued an indirect warning against Jamaat-e-Islami, urging voters not to “destroy the country” by casting their ballots for those it accused of collaborating with Pakistani occupation forces during the 1971 Liberation War, local media reported.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the remarks while addressing an election rally at the BD High Schoo…
Dhaka, Jan 19 (IANS) As Bangladesh gears up for the general elections, the National Citizen Party (NCP) expressed doubts over the Election Commission’s (EC) ability to hold credible and neutral polls in the country, local media reported.Addressing a press briefing at the party’s central office in Dhaka on Sunday night, the NCP spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said that the EC is incapable of conducting fair polls.”The Election Commission has legalised candidacies in violation of several e…
Dhaka, Jan 8 (IANS) As Bangladesh heads towards the February election, the task of finalising a seat-sharing arrangement has become increasingly complicated within the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, deepening uncertainty within the newly announced coalition, local media reported on Thursday.Both Jammat and Islami Andolan Bangladesh are reportedly fielding candidates in over 240 overlapping constituencies.Jamaat and Islami Andolan — two of the largest Islamist groups in the…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (IANS) Bangladesh’s newly-formed political party, National Citizen Party (NCP), is set to contest its first national election amid internal instability, following a wave of resignations over its decision to form an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami.This internal instability has left key structures weakened and exposed a leadership vacuum within the party, local media reported on Wednesday.The NCP, which emerged from the student-led protests of 2024 against the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami Le…
Dhaka, Jan 6 (IANS) As Bangladesh heads towards its 13th Parliamentary elections in February, National Citizen Party (NCP) candidate Sarjis Alam has come under scrutiny after submitting inconsistent income figures to the country’s Election Commission, local media reported.In his election affidavit, the 27-year-old NCP leader disclosed an annual business income of Bangladeshi taka (Tk) 9 lakh, whereas his tax return for 2025–26 indicates Tk 28.05 lakh – over three times higher—with both f…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The scales are tilting in favour of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) with opinion polls now predicting a landslide victory in the upcoming Bangladesh elections, scheduled for February 12. Last month, the polls suggested a close fight between the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami. However, the BNP has surged past the Jamaat with 70 per cent of the people, saying they would vote for the party headed by the late Khaleda Zia.The Jamaat only has 19 per cent of the people’s support…
Dhaka, Jan 5 (IANS) As Bangladesh heads towards its 13th Parliamentary elections in February, it has come to light that out of the 17 candidates fielded by the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka’s 20 constituencies, 13 are millionaires, local media reported on Monday. The election affidavits revealed that the combined assets of the Jamaat candidates –movable and immovable — amount to at least Bangladeshi taka(Tk) 10 million or more.The party’s nominee in the Dhaka-7 constituency, …
Dhaka, Jan 3 (IANS) As Bangladesh heads towards its 13th Parliamentary election in February, the National Citizen Party (NCP) is facing internal turmoil, after 14 central leaders of the party resigned following the party’s alliance with the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, local media reported.A section within the NCP reportedly views the alliance with Jamaat as a deeply anti-ideological and politically ‘suicidal decision’, leading to a wave of resignations, while many of the top leaders …
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The security agencies have their task cut out this year as the situation in Bangladesh is worsening and Pakistan is back to its old tricks to try and destabilise India. At least three Intelligence Bureau assessments suggest that the biggest challenge this year would be Bangladesh and the security situation in the northeastern states. An official stated that two highly troubled nations — Myanmar and Bangladesh — are holding elections this year, and one could anticipate t…