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Friday, November 1, 2024
TopicBangladesh Nationalist Party

Topic: Bangladesh Nationalist Party

While India has maintained its institutions, Hasina destroyed all in Bangladesh, says top BNP leader

Abdul Moyeen Khan says India-Bangladesh ties have collapsed because it became a friendship of 2 regimes, not people, and that Jamaat-e-Islami is not the force India thinks it is.

4 BNP affiliates, 3 Jamaat-leaning & others seen as ‘apolitical’ — Bangladesh interim govt a mixed bag

The 17-member advisory council, led by Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus, consists of civil society members, ex-bureaucrats & key leaders of the student movement that led to Hasina’s ouster.

‘Let us build on progress, not revenge’ — Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia calls for peace

This was BNP's first rally after Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country. Former PM Khaleda Zia, convicted in 2018 on corruption charges, was released from house arrest Tuesday.

‘Old tactic’—US travel ban on Bangladesh ex-army chief & family stirs debate on ‘American meddling’

US Department of State cited ‘corruption’ and ‘undermining of democratic institutions as reasons for its travel ban on Gen Aziz Ahmed, drawing varied reactions in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh sees low voter turnout in early hours of polling, Hasina confident of Awami League win

Ruling Awami League faces no serious challenge from Opposition, which boycotted polls after Sheikh Hasina refused their demand to conduct elections under caretaker govt.

Bangladesh’s opposition BNP calls for 48-hr general strike from Saturday against 7 Jan elections

Led by former prime minister Khalida Zia, Bangladesh Nationalist Party is boycotting general election and demanding an interim non-party neutral government to hold the election.

Tarique Rahman — Hasina’s top rival, Bangladesh’s ‘fugitive dark prince’ eyes BNP revival in exile

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has been sentenced in absentia to jail terms ranging from 3 years to lifetime. He has his supporters, but many journalists remember his ‘excesses’.

Why Bangladesh oppn is protesting against Sheikh Hasina govt— price hikes, ‘free and fair polls’

Tens of thousands of protestors, mostly supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, took to the streets Friday and Saturday to demand Sheikh Hasina’s resignation.

‘Will uphold secular values’ — Hindu leaders seek to shed Bangladesh National Party’s ‘anti-Hindu’ tag

Opposition BNP in poll-bound Bangladesh is seen as anti-India and anti-Hindu. Its top Hindu faces, Nitai Roy Chowdhury and his daughter Nipun, are trying to counter this perception.

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia sentenced to 7 years in another graft case

This is the second graft case the former PM is serving for misappropriating funds from organisations in her husband's name.

On Camera

16th BRICS Summit was about building dollar-free world order. India can use it to expand trade

For New Delhi, a USD-free system is not an immediate priority nor an existential necessity to unconditionally support the China-Russia agenda.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.