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Four Islamic parties throw parallel progs on 5 demands

Three Islamic parties — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh, and Khelafat Majlis — on Monday separately announced parallel programmes to press five common demands ahead of the forthcoming national elections.

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Five Islamic parties set to take to street with five common demands

Five Islamic parties, including the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, are set to take to the streets with separate programmes to pursue common demands, including the implementation of the July Charter ahead of the forthcoming national elections.

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A wake-up call for democrats

THE win of the right-wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student front of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, in the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union, the yearly event that took place after a gap of six years on September 9, which were by and large free and fair, is a defeat of the centrist and left student political organisations. This needs to be recognised...

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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders meet with British envoy

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman and senior leaders on Wednesday met with British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and discussed issues of mutual interest, including the upcoming national election...

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Govt makes bid to aid Jamaat leaders’ Canada visit

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a ‘Letter of Introduction’ requesting the High Commission of Canada in Dhaka to expedite the visa issuance process for a delegation of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami led by its amir Md Shafiqur Rahman.

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Parties divided over JP ban

Three political parties — the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and the National Citizen Party — expressed differing views on whether a ban should be imposed on the Jatiya Party, a former ally of the deposed Awami League-led government.

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Prof Yunus holds talks with BNP, Jamaat, NCP leaders with focus on election

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday held separate meetings with the leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party where they discussed the country’s overall current situation and the upcoming national election, scheduled to take place in February next year.

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Jamaat supports possible ban on Jatiya Party

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday expressed its consent to the interim government for imposing a ban on the activities of the Jatiya Party, in light of recent political unrest and allegations of violence.

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Professor Yunus to meet with BNP, Jamaat, NCP delegations today

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is set to hold meetings with senior leaders of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and the National Citizen Party at his official residence Jamuna on Sunday evening, amid the ongoing political situation in the country...

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Yunus holds talks with BNP, Jamaat, NCP today

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus would hold separate meetings with three political parties — the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and the National Citizen Party — today to discuss the country’s current political situation and...

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Jamaat preparing for polls on February 15: Taher

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami naib-e-amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher on Friday said their party supported holding elections in February and was preparing for polls on February 15.

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10 injured as BNP, Jamaat activists clash in Ctg

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami during a recruitment event of Islami Chhatra Shibir at a madrasa in Banshkhali upazila Tuesday evening...

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Jamaat wants equal opportunity in polls

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Hamidur Rahman Azad on Thursday said that the necessary level playing field for free and fair elections was yet to be established in the country, stressing the need for ensuring equal opportunity for all political parties in the electoral process...

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Sayedee’s witness Bali sues Hasina, 31 others

Shukharanjan Bali, a key defence witness for the late Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee, on Thursday filed a written complaint accusing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 31 others of his enforced disappearance, abduction, torture, and illegal transfer to India.

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Pro-Jamaat union leader killed in Gaibandha

A local leader of Sramik Kalyan Federation, the labour wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha Saturday night...

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BNP-Jamaat clash leaves 20 injured in Jhenaidah

At least 20 people were injured as the activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed with the supporters of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami over the formation of a secondary school's management committee under Sadar upazila in Jhenaidah on Thursday.

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Ex-Jamaat MP recommends jobseeker for RU lecturer

A Facebook story posted by Rajshahi University pro-vice chancellor Professor Farid Uddin Khan has sparked outrage and allegations of political favouritism in the university’s recruitment process after it featured a recommendation from a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker for an applicant for an RU lecturer post...

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Jamaat to sue interim govt, NCC if July Charter lacks legal basis

While speaking to journalists during lunch break amid the ongoing dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Thursday, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s nayeb-e-amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher said that political party representatives spent times and worked hard to shape the July Charter...

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Jamaat, NCP reject draft July Charter

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party representatives on Tuesday rejected the National Consensus Commission-drafted July National Charter 2025...

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Most parties favour PR system for next polls: Jamaat

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday expressed its support for holding the next general election under a proportional representation system to ensure a free, fair, and credible voting process...

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Emerging right-wing politics a threat to democracy

WHILE the youth leaders of the victorious July uprising against the autocratic regime of Awami League, a year ago, announced that the spirit of their struggle was to establish a democratic polity and, that too, in the light of Bangladesh’s historic promise to establish equality, human dignity and social justice, the Jamaat-e-Islami and its political allies at a huge gathering on July...