BNP

‘Boycott India Campaign’: Top BNP leaders in two minds

BNP standing committee members think the party should not yet get involved in the ongoing campaign for boycotting Indian products.

No one can push the country back to darkness: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said BNP and its allies want restoration of the caretaker government system not for the election, but to push the country back to darkness again

BNP in two minds about local polls

The BNP will not participate in the upcoming upazila polls as per its previous decision, but it has two different thoughts on the elections.

People's loss of faith in elections: To what extent is the EC to blame?

The EC's attempts to portray the election as participatory and fair seem to have been more focused on appearance than on genuine efforts to achieve these goals.

BNP to hold black flag processions on Jan 26, 27

BNP today announced nationwide black flag processions on January 26 and 27 to press home its demands

Protesting Parliament Session: BNP may call hartal or lay siege to JS

BNP plans to observe protest programmes like hartal or lay siege to the parliament building on the first day of the parliamentary session of the new government as part of the movement for its one-point demand.

‘The right to fear-free democratic opposition must be ensured’

Shantanu Majumder, a professor of political science at the University of Dhaka, talks about his thoughts on Bangladesh’s recent national election and its implications on society and opposition parties, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.

PM pushing people in harm's way: Rizvi

BNP today accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of pushing people in harm's way by establishing an "autocratic regime" in the country

The Great Game will continue

The absence of democratic behaviour is no longer hidden under the carpet.

December 29, 2023
December 29, 2023

Voters without choice are just glorified dummies

You’ve already met the dummy candidates, aka independents. Now, meet dummy voters.

December 24, 2023
December 24, 2023

A Potemkin election in Bangladesh?

An election without any competition will not be acceptable at home or abroad.

December 18, 2023
December 18, 2023

Fakhrul, Khasru denied bail; can be interrogated at jail gate, court says

A Dhaka court today rejected bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over assaulting law enforcers in the capital on October 28

December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023

National election strategies for resolving the ‘Conflict Trap’

Can Bangladesh be rid of the recurring cycle of violence?

December 16, 2023
December 16, 2023

The facade of a competitive election

The ruling Awami League is desperately trying to showcase the polls as inclusive and competitive.

December 11, 2023
December 11, 2023

Elections without choice: A leaf out of autocrats’ playbook

As the country is heading towards an exercise that the incumbent is calling an election, it is imperative that we understand what is in the making.

December 8, 2023
December 8, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Has BNP served its supporters well?

The BNP failed to reap anything effective from the huge public support that it was able to garner late last year.

December 6, 2023
December 6, 2023

Police see dead man running

Prisoners, migrants, even the deceased get implicated in cases

December 3, 2023
December 3, 2023

A ‘blended regime’ drives our economic and political crises

Bangladesh is now in the depths of both economic and political crises.

November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023

AL won't accept change in polls schedule after deadline: Quader

Awami League will not accept any change to the election schedule if it crosses the deadline set by the constitution, the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today. Alleging that BNP wants to obstruct the polls, Quader said, "They want to question the election. Now they are openly obstructing, openly taking a stand against the election.

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