The ruling party Awami League has fallen in the face of anti-discrimination student movement. The leader of the party, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has fled the country. Along with the calm of the unstable situation created throughout the country, the political parties who are victims of oppression are carrying out various programs to make their existence known.
In continuation of that, on the afternoon of August 7 (Wednesday), a joyous procession and a short rally were organized by the Jibannagar branch of Chuadanga district of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam. From the afternoon, the leaders of all the organizations of Jamaat-e-Islam started gathering from different parts of the upazila.
Sheikh Hasina, who initially assumed power in 2009 through an election widely criticized for tampering, resigned from her position as Prime Minister on Monday, July 6, 2024. This resignation followed the persistent demands from the activist group 'Students Against Discrimination,' who had rallied around a singular objective: the government's resignation.
Hasina's tenure, spanning nearly 15 years, was marked by her retention of power through three highly contentious elections. The 2013 election was infamously dubbed the "election without votes," the 2018 election became known as the "midnight vote," and the 2024 election was criticized as a "dummy vote."
By employing various strategies to maintain her grip on power, Sheikh Hasina has etched her name in history as a 'Lady Dictator' ...
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The court has granted a 5-day remand for BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Jamaat's Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar, and Ganadakshar Parishad President and former DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur, along with 8 others, in connection with the clashes surrounding the quota reform movement.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam granted the remand on Sunday (28 July) in a case filed at Pallabi police station regarding the fire incident on the metro rail.
The others taken on remand include BNP's Publicity Secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Dhaka North Member Secretary Aminul Haque, MA Salam, Kazi Sayeedul Alam Babul, and Mahmudus Salehin.
Earlier, the intelligence police presented them in court, seeking a 10-day remand. Several...
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Bangladesh is due to vote in general elections in January 2024. Opposition parties are threatening to boycott the election if the Awami League government does not meet their demand for elections under a caretaker government. The opposition’s protest rallies have been peaceful so far, but this could change in the coming weeks and months, especially if the sta...
He revealed that a draft is already in the works and wi...
