Anyone linked to Awami League ‘no longer safe in Bangladesh’
The party warned that the international community's silence on the matter might push Bangladesh further into brutality and prolonged political violence.
The party warned that the international community's silence on the matter might push Bangladesh further into brutality and prolonged political violence.
.The transition from the interim government to the BNP take over has been smooth, free from any violence and allayed apprehensions of any political confrontation.
‘’India stands ready to support Bangladesh’s endeavours to build a democratic, progressive and inclusive nation,’’ Birla told the new leader of Bangladesh at the meeting while conveying him the wishes of the Indian PM.
BNP chairman Tarique Rahman, who is set to become the next prime minister after securing a decisive mandate in this week's general election, on Saturday said Bangladesh must remain vigilant and must not allow itself to become a subservient state.
Her political career was moulded by military rule, mass movements, electoral politics and prolonged legal and political standoffs
Hasina dropped 36 members from the previous Cabinet and also didn't pick members of allied parties in her new Cabinet.
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.
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.
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.
Bangladesh is set to hold general elections before a January 5 deadline, although the exact dates have not yet been announced.
