EC to restore Jamaat’s registration, electoral symbol
The Election Commission on Wednesday decided to restore Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as a political party and return its electoral symbol, the scales...
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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’s 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’s 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’ protest that left at least 15 injured in Chattogram on May 28.
Protests against Azhar’s release, attacks on left students continue
Left student leaders and activists continued their protests for the fourth day on Friday rejecting the Supreme Court’s 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—just 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’ 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’s 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’s 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 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 ‘national charter’.
Consensus commission wants to move towards a nat’l 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.
Verdict on Jamaat’s registration appeal, election symbol on June 1
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed June 1 to deliver its verdict on two appeals filed by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami—one challenging the cancellation of its registration as a political party and the other seeking allocation of ‘daripalla’ (scales) as its election symbol...
50 citizens express concern over demand to cancel women’s reform commission
Fifteen citizens, including activists, academics, lawyers and journalists on Tuesday expressed their concern over some Islamist groups and parties’ demand to cancel the Women Affairs Reform Commission and called on the government to clarify its position immediately.
Barrister Abdur Razzaq passes away
Barrister Abdur Razzaq, a senior Supreme Court lawyer and former assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, passed away on Sunday at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 75...
Jamaat wants national unity for establishing democracy
The amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Shafiqur Rahman at a programme in Dhaka on Monday called on the political parties to remain united for the sake of the national interests...
Jamaat against president, CJ in constitutional council
A Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami delegation led by its nayeb-e-ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher on Saturday said that their party has opposed the inclusion of the country’s president and chief justice in the proposed national constitutional council.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami joins talks with National Consensus Commission
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami joined talks with the National Consensus Commission on Saturday morning...
Jamaat amir for local govt polls before nat’l election
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman on Friday urged the Election Commission to organise the local government elections before the national polls.
Case filed over beating BNP leader with hammer
A case was filed against 40 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir for allegedly beating a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party over dispute on Friday.
Parties discuss polls, reforms with US team
Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party leaders in separate meetings with a visiting United States delegation discussed next national elections and reform issues on Wednesday in Dhaka city...
Jamaat supporters vandalise 14 houses in Jashore
A group of supporters of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami allegedly vandalised a total of 14 houses to oust those living there from their land at Rupdia under Jashore Sadar upazila on Sunday, Syed Saberul Haque Sabu, president of Jashore district unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party said...
Support for youth quota in JS almost nil
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party strongly disagreed with the Constitutional Reform Commission on its proposal for a quota of 10 per cent parliamentary seats for young candidates...
