DHAKA: With Bangladesh Awami League not participating this time, a total of 80 candidates from religious and ethnic minority communities are contesting Bangladesh’s national parliamentary election scheduled for Feb 12. Of these candidates, 12 are running as independents and 10 are women, according to officials of Election Commission and available data. A total of 22…
Saddam Hussain, president of the Bangladesh Students League, the student wing of the now-banned Bangladesh Awami League, alleged “Talibanisation” is happening in Bangladesh under the leadership of the Yunus-led interim government.Speaking to ANI about the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, Hussain accused the interim leadership of encouraging anti-India sentiment to divert attention from internal failures.“Whatever…
A seven-year-old daughter of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader was burnt to death in Bangladesh’s Lakshmipur Sadar upazila as a mob of protestors set his residence ablaze on Sunday, the Daily Star reported.According to the report, the incident occurred at around 1.00am at the residence of Belal Hossain,a businessman and assistant organising secretary of…
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia (ANI file photo) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday expressed its gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he conveyed concern and extended good wishes to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who remains in a critical condition. Zia, 80, a long-time rival of Bangladesh’s longest-serving leader Sheikh Hasina,…