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Campaign for UN, EU to hold fresh election in BD

The Bangladesh Democracy Forum (BDF), supporters of a United Nations regulated election in Bangladesh, have launched a petition urging supporters to demand the United Nations and European Union intervene and oversee new political elections in the country. violance against womenThe BDF, comprised of democracy loving people of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi expatriates, non-resident Bangladeshis and other interested stakeholders are urging involvement as the country is in the midst of political unrest since 5th January, 2014's unilate...

Bangladesh on the brink of political disaster

Bangladesh, a South Asian country of 150 million people, is on the brink of disaster now after facing a prolonged political turmoil for over a year. The recent bouts of political violence began on January 3 when police, on the order of the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, acted very highhandedly and banned all the protests in the national capital city of Dhaka. The police also confined the leader of the country’s hartalmain opposition, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP, Khaleda Zia, to her office. Apparently this was done to neutralize the oppositi...

UN sends official to broker peace deal to end BD unrest

UN Chief Ban-Ki-moon has assigned a senior official to Bangladesh to broker a peace initiative in the ongoing political unrest that has claimed over 100 lives in the country. "The secretary general is personally committed to the stability and positive development of Bangladesh," local media on Friday quoted a UN spokesman as saying. Bangladeshi textile workers run to safetThe UN secretary general's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Ban tasked UN's assistant secretary general Oscar Fernandez-Taranco to liaise with the government and "he's d...

Extremists may exploit current political situation: Crisis Group

The International Crisis Group (ICG) today said that with daily violence at the pre-election level in Bangladesh, the political crisis is fast approaching the point of no return and could gravely destabilise the country unless the sides move urgently to reduce tensions. icg-compressorA protracted and violent political crisis would leave Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia the ultimate losers, particularly if a major breakdown of law and order were to encourage the military to intervene, observed ICG, a conflict-prevention non-profit NGO...

US concerned over violence in Bangladesh

The United States is gravely concerned by the ongoing unrest and violence in Bangladesh, a press release said. usdos-logo-sealThe release said, we deplore the unconscionable attacks including bus burnings, throwing incendiary devices, and train derailments that have killed and wounded innocent victims. We condemn in the strongest terms the use of violence for political objectives. There is simply no justification for such actions in a democratic Bangladesh. All Bangladeshis must have the right and the ability to express their views peace...

2-party showdown in Bangladesh

WHEN Amulya Chandra Barman, a 45-year-old rickshaw-puller, boarded a bus in Dhaka last month, it was to go home to his village in the north of Bangladesh. Instead, he ended up in the burns unit of a hospital in the capital. A bomb was thrown into the bus, landing on the bag on his lap. His face and hands were burnt. The bag—holding a month’s savings in cash—was reduced to ashes. He is at least alive. This week eight people were killed in a firebombing attack on a bus in eastern Bangladesh. In all, about 60 people have died in a month-long transport blockade called by the main opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
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