Tag: Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh: BNP fears EVM tampering in mayoral polls

The Election Commission (EC) has set January 30 as the date for the election of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).

December 25, 2019

Former Bangladesh President HM Ershad dead

He breathed his last at 7.45 a.m. at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Inter Service Public Relation Directorate Assistant Director Rashedul Alam Khan told The Daily Star newspaper.

July 14, 2019

Bangladesh court sentences 9 to death for attacking PM Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago

Sheikh Hasina was leading a nationwide campaign by rail when her coach came under attack upon arriving in Pabna's Ishwardy on September 23, 1994.

July 3, 2019

Sheikh Hasina takes oath as Bangladesh PM for fourth term

Hasina dropped 36 members from the previous Cabinet and also didn't pick members of allied parties in her new Cabinet.

January 7, 2019

Roiled before polls

The cruel irony being that rival candidates of the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who were out on the streets to cheer their respective parties, were attacked by the mobs.

December 14, 2018

Bangladesh EC defers polling date to December 30

Chief Election Commissioner K.M. Nurul Huda made the announcement in capital Dhaka, a day after the opposition alliance, including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, decided to contest the polls.

November 12, 2018

Bangladesh PM holds dialogue with major opposition alliance

The much-hyped dialogue ended at about 11 p.m. on Thursday which had started four hours earlier at Hasina's official residence here, reports Xinhua news agency.

November 2, 2018

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia cannot contest elections, says A-G 

Bangladesh is set to hold general elections before a January 5 deadline, although the exact dates have not yet been announced.

October 30, 2018

Bangladesh ruling party invites major opposition alliance for poll talks

Obaidul Quader, AL General Secretary, said the decision to hold the talks come after Hossain wrote to Hasina seeking a dialogue.

October 30, 2018

Poll tempers rise in Bangladesh

As the parliamentary election dates in Bangladesh drawing closer (polls are expected by the end of the year), political activities are reaching a feverish pitch within both the ruling Awami League (AL) and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The BNP has not been forthright so far in declaring whether it would take part in …

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July 6, 2018

Much at stake for India in Bangladesh poll

Bangladesh is gearing up for its next parliamentary elections, expected by the end of this year. From the tenor and mood of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent speeches, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the country is getting into election mode. Last month Hasina, while addressing a public rally in the port city of Chittagong, candidly …

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April 12, 2018

Begum behind bars

For the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the five-year jail term for Begum Khaleda Zia in a corruption case related to the Zia Orphanage Trust could scarcely have been pronounced at a more impropitious juncture ~ ahead of the parliamentary elections later this year. The next tryst with democracy is still more significant as the party had …

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February 11, 2018

Trends in Bangladesh

With Bangladesh gearing up for yet another parliamentary election, the scenario has become murkier over the past few days. Given her knack for survival and the pro-Islamic BNP’s machinations, last week’s arrest warrant against Begum Khaleda is unlikely to be carried to its logical conclusion. Months before the first vote is cast ~ hopefully not …

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January 9, 2018

I hid nothing about India deals unlike Khaleda: Hasina

Amid criticism by Bangladesh's opposition leader Khaleda Zia of the latest deals signed with India, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she hid nothing during the visit, unlike Khaleda did when she held the top post. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson told a press conference on Wednesday that the Prime Minister brought "nothing from India, but assurances". …

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April 13, 2017

Bangladesh ex-PM Zia skips court appearance

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia did not appear in the trial proceedings of 11 cases against her at a Dhaka court on Tuesday citing ill health, her lawyer said. Zia, a two-time Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991-1996; 2001-2006), faces trial in 10 cases related to violence during Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) …

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March 14, 2017