BNP claimed that more than 20,000 opposition supporters have been arrested, but the government said those figures were inflated and denied arrests were made due to political leanings.
Dhaka: On the eve of Bangladesh’s general election, the country’s main opposition party’s vice chairman Nitai Roy Chowdhury on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government is neck deep in corruption.
“This government out and out from head to neck is corrupt. They have connections. This is not a democratic government. Development cannot be there without democracy. People’s participation must be there,” Roy from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BN…
The BNP is demanding an interim non-party neutral government to hold the election. The demand was, however, rejected by the government headed by Hasina, who is also the chairman of the ruling Awami League.
Speaking on the arson attack on a train coming from Benapole, Roy Chowdhury said: ‘We are going through peaceful movement. We never believe in violence and destroying people’s property.’ At least four people, including two children, were killed and m…
Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy but has a history of military coups and assassinations. Zia, head of the BNP, is ailing and currently under house arrest. Her party says the charges were politically motivated, an allegation the government den…
Tensions spiked since October when a massive anti-government rally demanding Hasina’s resignation and a caretaker government to oversee the election turned violent. Hasina’s administration said there was no constitutional provision to allow a careta…
