Political parties, except the BNP and two others, yesterday agreed that an individual cannot be the prime minister for over 10 years.
As the interim government eyes February for the national election, the BNP has shifted its focus to finalising its candidate selection process and completing local-level groundwork.
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed urged the government to immediately inform the Election Commission of its decision to hold the national polls in February next year.
In a press release issued last night, the party reiterated its proposal considering Ramadan, public exams, weather
Fakhrul said people had been hoping for an earlier election schedule
The BNP has decided not to confront the interim government immediately over the national election roadmap, choosing instead to observe how the situation unfolds in the coming days.
The first round of reform talks produced a wide range of agreements and disagreements
When Kamrul was sitting on a chair on the roadside and talking with 2-3 people, two assailants on foot came from behind and shot him before fleeing the scene
The BNP believes that only a clear roadmap for the election will be able to improve the present volatile situation in the country’s politics.
Bangladesh’s political landscape has long been defined by division and vengeance.
Grassroots BNP leaders yesterday said there are conspiracies to harm their party’s election prospects.
Now, the youngsters have embarked on a campaign to reach out to the people in preparation for forming a new political party.
Political parties must reach a consensus on election timing, reforms
The BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami now seem to be poles apart over when the local and parliamentary elections should be held and the proportional representation system in the House.
Despite government assurance of polls by December, the BNP would be pushing for prompt announcement of the election roadmap as it believes a quarter is out to delay the polls.
The government has assured the BNP of working to hold the national election by December this year, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.
He added that his party would in no way accept any local government elections before the national election
A 16-year-old boy suffered bullet injuries during a clash between two groups of BNP over the control of the local jhut trade (wasted scraps of fabric) in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital yesterday afternoon.
A BNP delegation held a meeting with CEC AMM Nasir Uddin and other election commissioners this afternoon
