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.
Ruling Awami League faces no serious challenge from Opposition, which boycotted polls after Sheikh Hasina refused their demand to conduct elections under caretaker govt.
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.
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’.
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.
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.
BNP is likely to fight parliamentary election in Bangladesh without the kin of Ziaur Rahman leading the campaign.
The conviction of Tarique Rahman, the acting chairperson of...
The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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