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NDTV Ground Report: Why A UK-Based Doctor Returned Home To Contest Elections In Bangladesh
Tasnim Jara, a 31-year-old doctor, is now contesting the parliamentary elections as an independent, driven by what she describes as a desire to build a "genuinely new political culture".
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Why Jamaat-e-Islami Remains Bangladesh's Most Controversial Party
Bangladesh is preparing for a historic general election on February 12, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), a hardline Islamist party, is back in the spotlight. Once banned and politically weak, the party is now emerging as a strong contender.
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Bangladeshi Islamist Party's Pro-Hindu Pitch Amid Violence Against Minorities
In what is being seen as the strongest minority outreach by Bangladesh's radical Islamists, Jamaat-E-Islami leader Shafiqur Rahman has appealed to Hindus to vote for the party in the upcoming elections.
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US Wants To Cosy Up To Bangladesh Hardliners, Earlier Banned By Hasina: Report
With the Jamaat-e-Islami expected to get its biggest-ever win in the upcoming elections, the US is stepping up engagement with Bangladesh's largest Islamist party.
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How An Islamist Party Is Gaining Ground In Bangladesh, Worrying Moderates
Long vilified for opposing independence and barred from electoral politics for over a decade, Bangladesh's biggest Islamist party is reinventing itself and attracting new support ahead of parliamentary polls next month.
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Born Out Of 2024 Bangladesh Protests, Party Loses Leaders Over Jamaat Union
The National Citizen Party in Bangladesh has recentlylost prominent faces because of its tie-up with the hardline Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh, considered a pro-Pakistan and radical Islamist party.
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Ahead Of Bangladesh Polls, Student-Led NCP Allies With Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh's largest Islamist party announced on Sunday a seat-sharing agreement with a political outfit formed by students who spearheaded last year's uprising, some of whose members oppose the alliance.
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's Son Hits Out At Radical Group, Warns Of Conspiracy
Bangladesh's mainstream political parties have begun a pushback as the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government is seen giving radical Islamist forces like the Jamaat-E-Islami a free hand.
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Amid Protests For Electoral Reform, Will Bangladesh Vote In February?
Ahead of elections in Bangladesh next year, an alliance of hardline Islamic parties is hitting the streets posing a fresh challenge to Bangladesh's fragile law and order situation.
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Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus Has A New Social Media Strategy To Counter Critics
From official trips abroad to meetings with political parties that are putting pressure on him to hold elections, Muhammad Yunus finds himself increasingly cornered as he runs a government without a political mandate derived from free and fair polls.
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Bangladesh Top Court Restores Banned Jamaat-e-Islami's Party Registration
Bangladesh on Sunday restored the registration of the largest Islamist party, allowing it to take part in elections, more than a decade after it was removed under the now-overthrown government.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leaders, Jamaat Activists Granted Bail Amid Unrest
Rights groups accused Hasina's security forces of abducting and disappearing some 600 people -- including many from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the banned Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamist party.
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5 Men Sentenced To Death In Bangladesh For 1971 War Crimes
Five hardline Islamists were sentenced to death today by a special Bangladeshi tribunal for committing crimes against humanity and siding with the Pakistani troops in carrying out the genocide during the Liberation War in 1971.
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Don't Interfere In Internal Affairs, Dhaka Tells Islamabad. Summons Envoy
Bangladesh today summoned Pakistan's acting high commissioner to protest its interference in its affairs after Islamabad said it was "deeply saddened" by the execution of a top Islamist party figure for atrocities committed during the war to leave Pakistan.
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Bangladesh Hangs Islamist Party's Mir Quasem Ali For 1971 War Crimes
Bangladesh hanged a top Islamist party figure today for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, the law minister said, a move that could draw an angry reaction from his supporters.
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NDTV Ground Report: Why A UK-Based Doctor Returned Home To Contest Elections In Bangladesh
Tasnim Jara, a 31-year-old doctor, is now contesting the parliamentary elections as an independent, driven by what she describes as a desire to build a "genuinely new political culture".
-
Why Jamaat-e-Islami Remains Bangladesh's Most Controversial Party
Bangladesh is preparing for a historic general election on February 12, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), a hardline Islamist party, is back in the spotlight. Once banned and politically weak, the party is now emerging as a strong contender.
-
Bangladeshi Islamist Party's Pro-Hindu Pitch Amid Violence Against Minorities
In what is being seen as the strongest minority outreach by Bangladesh's radical Islamists, Jamaat-E-Islami leader Shafiqur Rahman has appealed to Hindus to vote for the party in the upcoming elections.
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US Wants To Cosy Up To Bangladesh Hardliners, Earlier Banned By Hasina: Report
With the Jamaat-e-Islami expected to get its biggest-ever win in the upcoming elections, the US is stepping up engagement with Bangladesh's largest Islamist party.
-
How An Islamist Party Is Gaining Ground In Bangladesh, Worrying Moderates
Long vilified for opposing independence and barred from electoral politics for over a decade, Bangladesh's biggest Islamist party is reinventing itself and attracting new support ahead of parliamentary polls next month.
-
Born Out Of 2024 Bangladesh Protests, Party Loses Leaders Over Jamaat Union
The National Citizen Party in Bangladesh has recentlylost prominent faces because of its tie-up with the hardline Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh, considered a pro-Pakistan and radical Islamist party.
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Ahead Of Bangladesh Polls, Student-Led NCP Allies With Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh's largest Islamist party announced on Sunday a seat-sharing agreement with a political outfit formed by students who spearheaded last year's uprising, some of whose members oppose the alliance.
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's Son Hits Out At Radical Group, Warns Of Conspiracy
Bangladesh's mainstream political parties have begun a pushback as the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government is seen giving radical Islamist forces like the Jamaat-E-Islami a free hand.
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Amid Protests For Electoral Reform, Will Bangladesh Vote In February?
Ahead of elections in Bangladesh next year, an alliance of hardline Islamic parties is hitting the streets posing a fresh challenge to Bangladesh's fragile law and order situation.
-
Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus Has A New Social Media Strategy To Counter Critics
From official trips abroad to meetings with political parties that are putting pressure on him to hold elections, Muhammad Yunus finds himself increasingly cornered as he runs a government without a political mandate derived from free and fair polls.
-
Bangladesh Top Court Restores Banned Jamaat-e-Islami's Party Registration
Bangladesh on Sunday restored the registration of the largest Islamist party, allowing it to take part in elections, more than a decade after it was removed under the now-overthrown government.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leaders, Jamaat Activists Granted Bail Amid Unrest
Rights groups accused Hasina's security forces of abducting and disappearing some 600 people -- including many from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the banned Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamist party.
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5 Men Sentenced To Death In Bangladesh For 1971 War Crimes
Five hardline Islamists were sentenced to death today by a special Bangladeshi tribunal for committing crimes against humanity and siding with the Pakistani troops in carrying out the genocide during the Liberation War in 1971.
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Don't Interfere In Internal Affairs, Dhaka Tells Islamabad. Summons Envoy
Bangladesh today summoned Pakistan's acting high commissioner to protest its interference in its affairs after Islamabad said it was "deeply saddened" by the execution of a top Islamist party figure for atrocities committed during the war to leave Pakistan.
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Bangladesh Hangs Islamist Party's Mir Quasem Ali For 1971 War Crimes
Bangladesh hanged a top Islamist party figure today for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, the law minister said, a move that could draw an angry reaction from his supporters.
