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BNP’s unfolding strategic stance: Straddling the aftermath of a revolutionary ‘event’ and realpolitik
The BNP’s stance, which shifted from initially aligning with the students to later portraying the president as a stabilising figure, could risk dissipating the transformative potential of this “moment.”
Column by Mahfuz Anam: From people to a ‘bubble’
Today's Awami League only speaks to the mirror because it cannot tolerate the retort that would come if it spoke to the people.
Why must the poor be collateral damage of BNP-AL standoff?
Political parties must find a constructive way to end this impasse
Polls schedule is not a cut-off point for dialogue
Without political reconciliations, we're headed for another violent, one-sided election
Politics of Fire
Let the truth be known: no one has any idea what’s going to happen to Bangladeshi politics.
Don’t let Dhaka turn into a battlefield
Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail
Column by Mahfuz Anam: ‘Gladiatorial’ street contests and prospects of fair elections
National election Bangladesh: As the election is getting nearer, the possibility of a nightmarish pre-election period is driving fear and panic among the people.
AL, BNP to march city streets today, tomorrow
With the national polls around six months away, the AL and the BNP are going to hold programmes and counter-programmes to show off their strength on the streets
A short history of AL’s challenging times
The next few months are perhaps going to be the toughest test for Awami League’s resilience in recent history.
BNP out to bring about another 1/11
Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that BNP wants to create another 1/11 through provocative
BNP out to make AL judiciary's opponent
The Awami League alleges that the BNP with ill intentions was trying to make it an opponent of the judiciary.
Mayhem for money
If you google Bangladesh Chhatra League, you will find numerous awful images of incidents involving the pro-Awami League student body. Google can aggregate those pictures as they were published in various sites, including that of news outlets. Such incidents have resulted in, according to media reports, over 125 deaths in the last eight years with the latest casualty being a BCL activist in Sylhet yesterday.
AL, BNP Prepare for Next Polls: Searching for new members
Two years ago, BJP, the ruling party in India, claimed to be the world's largest political party with 8.8 crore members, surpassing the Communist Party of China, which has 8.6 crore.
AL council now Oct 22-23
The Awami League has set the new date for its 20th triennial council on October 22-23, instead of its earlier scheduled July 10-11.
Olama League not affiliated with Awami League
The Awami League yesterday reiterated that the Olama League was not affiliated with the ruling party, a day after an Olama League faction came down heavily on some AL leaders for saying their party had no links with the organisation.
Killing aimed at putting govt in trouble: Ashraf
Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says incidents like recent frequent killings are being carried out to put the government in a difficult situation.
Politics not for killing, burning people: PM
Recalling the horrible days of the BNP-Jamaat's indefinite blockade and hartal in 2015, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said
Polls free, claims AL
The ruling Awami League has claimed that the union parishad election was held in a free, spontaneous, and transparent manner while its political opponent BNP termed the polls “farcical under a partisan Election Commission”.
'EC, AL join hands to rig UP elections'
The BNP has alleged that the ruling Awami League and the Election Commission are plotting to ensure victories for the AL candidates in the union parishad polls through electoral irregularities, but the AL and the EC have brushed aside the allegations.