Special Report

Awami League Reflects the Mainstream Political Culture of Bangladesh

The Bengali people took a democratic and non-communal approach in their movement for being free from a thousand years of shackles, exploitation and injustice of Pakistanis. It became necessary for the Bengali nation to establish an independent state to protect the right to speak the mother tongue, to protect the long-standing local culture and t...

Repetition of BNP-Jamaat's Violence in 2013

Brandishing firearm a local BNP leader fired bullets on activists of Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra League in Natore today while they were holding a peace rally, rising the specter of violent politics BNP Jamaat combine demonstrated back in 2013. A video of the attack shows, the acting convener of BNP’s local unit, Sahidul Islam Bacch...

BNP used to shoot bullets and bombs at Awami League programs, and senior leaders were thrashed on the streets and beaten with sticks

The BNP-Jamaat alliance used to attack every peaceful program of the Awami League from 2001 to 2006. They used to disperse the Awami League program by throwing bombs and bullets. Senior leaders of the party were battered on the streets and brutally beaten with sticks. When the central leaders of Awami League went to hold a program in a district ...

December: Why does BNP hesitate to celebrate Bangladesh's victory?

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s magical and legendary leadership freed the Bengali nation from the shackles of repression and injustice through the Liberation War. He gave birth to Bangladesh as a heroic nation on the world map. But, BNP has been creating confusion and fear among ordinary people by regularly distorting the history of ...

BNP-Jamaat’s Deadly Brand of “Terror Politics” in Bangladesh

The Canadian Federal Court in Ottawa, Ontario in Gazi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) (2017 FC 94) held that BNP is indeed a terrorist organization. The court took into account that BNP is a party that uses armed struggle or violence to reach political objectives, uses ‘ammunitions and arms’ like hand bombs, pistols, and big swords like ...