Jamaat not to allow polls like in fascist regime: Shafiqur
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman said in Feni on Saturday that the party would not allow any elections like those held during the previous fascist regime.
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Jamaat wants local govt polls before nat鈥檒 election
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a rally in the capital Dhaka on July 19 to press its six-point demand, including holding the local government polls before the next general election and adopting the proportional representation system in the national polls.
Neutral election impossible in current situation: Jamaat amir
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman said on Friday that a neutral election was not possible in Bangladesh under the current situation.
EC issues gazette reinstating Jamaat鈥檚 registration, election symbol
The Election Commission has reinstated the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami with its electoral symbol of the 鈥楽cales鈥� (Daripalla).
Consensus Commission鈥檚 talks with political parties resume
The seventh day of the second phase of talks between the National Consensus Commission and political parties began on Wednesday morning.
Jamaat offers prayers for July victims
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday started its programme spanning over a month to mark the first anniversary of the student-led July mass uprising that overthrew the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024...
Jamaat unveils events to mark uprising anniv
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday unveiled a series of nationwide events to commemorate the first anniversary of the 2024 July鈥揂ugust mass uprising that forced the ouster of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 in the year...
Jamaat iterates demand for local govt polls before nat鈥檒 election
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday said that they wanted local government polls before next general elections slated for mid-February...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami gets back EC registration, electoral symbol
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday got back its registration with the Election Commission as a political party and its electoral symbol, scale.
Jamaat leaders, Canadian envoy talk reforms, polls
Canadian high commissioner to Dhaka Ajit Singh on Monday met Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders at the party鈥檚 central office in Dhaka where they discussed Bangladesh鈥檚 state reform process and the next national election.
Symbolic protest against joint statement: Jamaat
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami nayeb-e-amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher on Wednesday said that their party had boycotted Tuesday鈥檚 National Consensus Commission dialogue in symbolic protest against the joint statement issued and the press conference held after the London meeting between the interim government chief adviser and the acting chair of the Bangladesh Nationalist party...
EC to restore Jamaat鈥檚 registration, electoral symbol
The Election Commission on Wednesday decided to restore Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami鈥檚 registration as a political party and return its electoral symbol, the scales...
Jamaat to participate in polls if equal opportunity ensured: Shafiqur
The amir of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Shafiqur Rahman, said on Tuesday that their party was ready to take part in the next general elections anytime if a level playing field was ensured...
Second phase of talks between consensus commission and political parties begins
The second phase of talks between the National Consensus Commission and the political parties began at Foreign Service Academy on Bayley Road in the capital on Monday.
Left ogrs condemn attacks on, threats to protesters
Left student organisations on Sunday condemned recent attacks on and threats to left student leaders and activists during demonstrations in Rajshahi and Chattogram rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges...
SC upholds Jamaat registration
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday overturned a 2013 High Court verdict that had declared the registration of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party illegal, bringing a significant legal shift after more than a decade of proceedings.
Protests on against Azhar release, attacks on protesters
Protests rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges and against the recent attacks on left student leaders and activists in Rajshahi and Chattogram continued in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country for the fifth day on Saturday...
Jamaat expels Akash over attack on left students
An activist of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has been expelled for his involvement in an attack on left students鈥� protest that left at least 15 injured in Chattogram on May 28.
Protests against Azhar鈥檚 release, attacks on left students continue
Left student leaders and activists continued their protests for the fourth day on Friday rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges.
Protests on against Azhar release
Protests erupted in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country condemning acquittal of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former alleged Al-Badr commander ATM Azharul Islam who was charged with war crimes...
Jammat leader Azhar freed from jail following acquittal in war crimes case
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who had been on death row for war crimes, was released from custody on Wednesday morning鈥攋ust a day after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court overturned his conviction for crimes against humanity committed during the War of Independence in 1971...
Left students protest at Azhar release
Several left-leaning student organisations, including Bangladesh Students鈥� Union, on Tuesday staged a protest rally protesting at the acquittal of Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former alleged Al-Badr commander ATM Azharul Islam who was charged with war crimes...
Jamaat chief seeks unconditional forgiveness
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Tuesday sought unconditional forgiveness from those who have been hurt or harmed by actions or words of any members of the party.
Azhar鈥檚 death sentence overturned
The Appellate Division on Tuesday overturned its 2019 judgement that had upheld the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the 1971 liberation war...
Supreme Court verdict on Jamaat leader Azharul鈥檚 appeal on Tuesday
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the appeal petition challenging the death penalty of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam in a case over crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War...
Govt, parties should reassess priorities
The meetings of the chief adviser to the interim government with political parties on May 24, presumably aimed at resolving the ongoing political and other crises that had led the increasingly frustrated chief adviser to consider resignation, appear not to have decisively eased the stalemate. Conflicting demands from various political parties, especially the...
BNP, Jamaat, NCP stick聽to own positions
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has once again asserted its demand for an immediate announcement of a clear electoral road map to ensure that Jatiya Sangsad elections are held by December this year while Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has pressed for...
Govt should go tough against threats to traditional fairs
A FAIR, Gazi Kalu-Champabati Mela, having been held for about two hundred years, at Jagannathpur of Kumarkhali in Kushtia has remained suspended since May 20 after it began on May 17. A clash between the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which wanted a permanent end to the holding of the fair, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which wanted the fair to continue, has...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for referendum on national charter
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders on Sunday said that they recommended a referendum for providing a legal guarantee of the consensus-based 鈥榥ational charter鈥�.
Consensus commission wants to move towards a nat鈥檒 charter soon: Ali Riaz
National Consensus Commission vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz on Sunday said the commission wants to move towards a national charter by establishing a consensus as soon as possible.
