In what should have been a moment of peaceful reflection, Bangladesh witnessed a troubling display of state power on June 23, 2026. As the Bangladesh Awami League, the party that led the country to independence in 1971 and one of its most significant political forces, attempted to mark its 77th founding anniversary, the BNP-led governmen...
On June 23, 2026, the Bangladesh Awami League, the party that led the nation to independence in 1971 and shaped its modern foundations, turns 77. Yet there will be no grand celebrations, no open rallies, no unfettered reflection on its legacy of resilience. Instead, its leaders and activists mark the occasion from hiding, exile, prison cells, or...
As the Awami League celebrates its 77th founding anniversary, it is a timely moment to reflect on the profound impact this party has had on shaping modern Bangladesh. From leading the nation to independence to driving unprecedented economic and social progress, the Awami League’s legacy offers valuable lessons in resilience, vision, and pe...
As Awami League marks its 77th anniversary, Bangladesh faces growing concerns over political repression, mass arrests, and shrinking democratic space.
The Bangladesh Awami League was born out of the demands of its time and with the mission of shaping history. On this day in 1949, the party was founded at Rose Garden in Old Dhaka under historic circumstances. It would later go on to lead Bangladesh’s struggle for independence and play a central role in the nation’s major achievement...
Shah Ali Farhad: Awami League, the oldest and largest political party in Bangladesh, celebrated its 69 years of founding in the early hours of 23 June 2018. That, in political time, is quite a long duration for any party to remain influential and most importantly, relevant in the fast moving politics of late 20th and early 21st century. A dura...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today warned all aspirants of her party in the next general election of the consequences of carrying out propaganda against each other while seeking nomination, saying such bad practice would disqualify them to get party ticket. Urging her party men to abandon mud sliding against the sitting parliament members or an...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly constructed head office building of Bangladesh Awami League at city’s Bangabandhu Avenue at Gulistan here today, coinciding the 69th founding anniversary of the party. Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Awami League, unveiled the plaque of the 10-storey building at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 69th founding anniversary of the Awami League. To mark the occasion, she placed a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 this morning. After laying the wreath, the prime mi...
Coming down heavily on Khaleda Zia for her comments about the Padma Bridge construction, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said making this nonsense remarks, the BNP leader has understood that she has no ability to build such a bridge."Any person who has a little bit sense and who has some knowledge in his or her head must not utter those words...