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…
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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: Political collapse rarely announces itself with clarity. More often, it unfolds behind comforting language – reform, transition, popular will. Bangladesh today is entering such a phase, one where constitutional governance is being steadily replaced by revolutionary justification, and where the long-term consequences may extend far beyond its borders. The removal of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 did not occur in a vacuum. It followed years of sustained political pressure, gro…
Dhaka, Jan 21 (IANS) Bangladesh has slid backwards as the lofty ambitions and ideals that underpinned the revolution dissipated under Bangladesh interim government’s watch, a report has highlighted. While coming to power, Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus had vowed social cohesion, a reformed political system, new economic opportunities for Bangladesh while tackling issues that brought people out on the streets. However, his government and its allies have faced corruption scandals despit…
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) As India decided to withdraw the families and dependents of Indian officials posted in Bangladesh amid rising security concerns following increased activities of extremist elements, leaders from the BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT), and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday welcomed the move.The decision comes just weeks ahead of the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, scheduled amid heightened political tension and reports of violence targeting minorities.Speaking to IANS,…
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 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…
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…
Dhaka/New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The killing of Hindu minorities across Bangladesh is part of a long, painful history shaped by political unrest, shifting alliances and the fragile promise of minority protection, a report has detailed. It added that understanding the present crisis necessitates examining the history of displacement, the current geopolitical realignment and the lawful, non-violent strategies to defend human rights ahead of the February polls in the country. “When 32‑year‑old …