India’s key neighbour to the East – Bangladesh – will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday with incumbent Prime Minister and New Delhi’s close ally, Sheikh Hasina, looks to return to power for the fourth straight term amid boycott by the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. A total of 1,896 candidates are in the fray for the … Read more
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Dr Abdul Moin Khan speaks during a protest rally to demand a free and fair election under a caretaker government in Dhaka on January 4, 2024, ahead of Bangladesh’s upcoming general election on January 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh’s main opposition party BNP on Thursday called for a … Read more
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladeshi courts have convicted more than 1,100 opposition officials and activists since September, lawyers said Thursday, a day after scores more of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s opponents were sentenced to prison. Opposition parties say thousands from their ranks have been arrested this year after huge … Read more
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists form a human chain to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, along a street in Dhaka on August 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters marched on August 30 demanding information on hundreds of people they say security forces have abducted during Prime … Read more
A Bangladesh court ordered the state-run telecoms regulator to delete speeches of an exiled opposition leader from social media as the country readies for general elections, officials said on Monday. Tarique Rahman, 55, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is a leading figure and staunch critic of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but the … Read more
Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party take part in the party’s last divisional rally in Dhaka, on December 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main Opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on December 10 held a “grand rally” in capital Dhaka, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and fresh … Read more