Tag: elections

Quader urges BNP to come to polls for its survival

- Times Report -
Obaidul Quader

The survival of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will be at stake if it boycotts the next parliamentary elections, Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of ruling Awami League said on Sunday.   He made the remarks in response to a question at a media briefing at his Secretariat office this morning.

Jahangir, Moin elected BAPA president, general secretary

- Times Report -

SM Jagangir Hossain and Nurul Moin Minu have been elected President and General Secretary respectively of the Bangladesh Agro Processors Association (BAPA), a press release said Saturday. The election was held at a city hotel on Friday. FBCCI Director Abu Motaleb was the Chairman of the election board. Other office bears include

Conflicts over UP elections

- Kamal Ahmed -

We are getting news of repeated clashes and loss of lives over the participation in upcoming Union Parishad (UP) polls which have almost become a one-party competition thanks to the boycott by several political parties including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Two people have been killed and 52 others have

Why pay too much attention to India?

- Afsan Chowdhury -

This is an intense period of Indian election and in two places – West Bengal and Assam - Bangladesh is an important hate card that works to get votes.  Bangladeshis are painted as illegal immigrants who steal jobs and prosperity. The objective is to ignite fear and thus gain votes

Does West Bengal elections matter to Bangladesh?

- Afsan Chowdhury -

There is a lot of fire in the air in West Bengal as elections there draw close. It’s very interesting to observe as an outsider how another set of people to whom many feel close to are going through elections to elect a new set of leaders, supposedly very different