BNP
5 factors that kept BNP off upazila polls
The BNP boycotted the upazila elections for five reasons, chief among which is its belief that the ruling party will control the polls, said party insiders.
Upcoming upazila elections: BNP remains split over joining polls
Although the BNP has decided not to join the upcoming upazila polls as a political party, many party leaders are in favour of allowing its leaders and activists to contest the elections as independent candidates.
‘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.
A ‘blended regime’ drives our economic and political crises
Bangladesh is now in the depths of both economic and political crises.
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.
When youngsters shun politics, the nation should be worried
The youths have turned away from politics out of frustration.
BNP facing 2-pronged challenge
With the deadline for submitting nomination papers to the Election Commission only a week away, the BNP now faces two challenges: preventing defection from the party and drawing up fresh programmes to keep the anti-government movement going.
Why must the poor be collateral damage of BNP-AL standoff?
Political parties must find a constructive way to end this impasse
Can we trust the EC at all?
The EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.
Polls schedule is not a cut-off point for dialogue
Without political reconciliations, we're headed for another violent, one-sided election
Politics is back to square one
Bangladesh’s political climate appears to be in a perpetual stalemate considering how things stand in 2023 and how they were 10 years ago.
The fog before the election
While the prime minister is unofficially on her campaign trail, the opposition camp is on the run.
Are the ‘ghost’ cases fooling anyone?
Arresting people on false charges is gross human rights violation
