The grenade attack on August 21, 2004, at the Awami League’s anti-terrorism rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka was the most brutal political massacre in the history of independent Bangladesh. In this state-sponsored attack, 24 leaders and activists, including women leader Ivy Rahman, were martyred. Hundreds were injured. Sheikh Hasina, t...
Sukharanjan Dasgupta: Why is Bangladesh's leading opposition party, the BNP, reluctant to fight the parliament elections? Why is it that the BNP leaders are threatening to launch an agitation to oust the Hasina government? At the root of this is a serious leadership crisis facing the BNP. Their chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia...
The main goal of any political party in a democratic country is to serve the nation by reflecting the hopes and aspirations of the people. And the election is the only way to do it. Therefore, the key objective of the political party is to lead the country with support from the majority of the people to gain policy-making power. We have recently...
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