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Parliament may heat up over dual oath issue
The first session of the 13th National Parliament may witness heated debate from its opening day over the issue of dual oaths as members of parliament (MPs) and members of the Constitution Reform Council. Sharp disagreements have emerged among political parties that won the February 12 general...
Jamaat demands interrogation of former adviser Rizwana Hasan
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has demanded the interrogation of former interim government adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, alleging that election engineering occurred at every stage of the 13th national parliamentary election. He made the remarks while addressing a...
BNP proposes Deputy Speaker post to Jamaat: Home Minister
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has proposed that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami take the post of Deputy Speaker as the opposition party in the National Parliament. Speaking to reporters at the Secretariat, he said the President would address the...
PM urges parties to vow to change people’s fate
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged political parties to take a vow to work to change the fate of the people of Bangladesh, reports UNB. Let us take a pledge at this iftar gathering that our future actions will be aimed at changing the fate of the people of this country, he said...
Jamaat invites PM to iftar
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has invited Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to attend its upcoming iftar mahfil. Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar and Assistant Secretary Maulana Abdul Halim met the Prime Minister at his office in the Secretariat in Dhaka on Wednesday. During the meeting,...
Jamaat leader Golam Parwar condemns killing of Laguna driver
Secretary General of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Mia Golam Parwar has strongly condemned the brutal killing of Laguna driver Nur Alam, also known as Khairul Islam, on the capitals JatrabariChittagong Road, reports UNB. In a statement issued on Sunday, he expressed deep concern over...
Jamaat forms 88-member working council with 21 women
The central working council of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has been formed for the 20262028 term. The 88-member council was announced during a virtual session of the central Majlish-e-Shura chaired by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman. Notably, the council includes 21 women members....
Opposition leaders, Jamaat Ameer pay tribute to Language Martyrs
Opposition leaders, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, paid tribute to the language martyrs in the first hour of Great Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day at the Central Shaheed Minar. Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, who also serves as Opposition Leader in the...
Shafiqur Rahman named opposition leader
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has been appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. On the other hand, Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, newly elected lawmaker from Cumilla-11 (Chouddagram) and Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat, has been named Deputy Leader of...
Jamaat MPs take oath after reversing decision
Although they had indicated in the morning that they might not take the oath, the newly-elected MPs of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami eventually took the oath as Members of Parliament in the afternoon. The ceremony began shortly before 12:30pm on Tuesday in the oath room of the National Parliament...
Jamaat-led alliance demands EC recount in 32 seats
The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party electoral alliance on Sunday demanded that the Election Commission (EC) recount votes in 32 constituencies, alleging manipulation during the counting and result publication of the national election, reports UNB. Particularly 32 constituencies have been...
Jamaat Ameer urges party activists to stand with general people
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has called on party leaders and activists to stand firmly with the general people and support the oppressed. In a message posted on his verified Facebook page at 6:50am on Sunday, Dr Shafiqur Rahman urged party leaders and activists to resist...
Yunus thanks Jamaat ameer for constructive role
Interim governments Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus extended congratulations and thanks to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman for his partys dignified participation and outcome in the 13th national parliamentary elections. In a statement on Saturday, the Chief Adviser said, I...
From death row to parliament: 3 politicians’ dramatic return
They were once handed death sentences in high-profile cases and spent years behind bars with little hope of release. Today, they are elected members of parliament. In a dramatic political turnaround following last years mass uprising and regime change, three leaderstwo from the BNP and one from...
Jamaat posts record gains in parliamentary polls
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has secured its strongest electoral performance in decades, winning 68 seats in the 13th national parliamentary election and emerging as a major force within the new parliament. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 209 seats, while Jamaat captured 68. Analysts say...
Jamaat secures seat in Faridpur-1 for the 1st time
For the first time, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has won the Faridpur-1 parliamentary constituency, with candidate Dr. Ilias Mollah securing 154,145 votes under the scale symbol. The unofficial results were announced privately around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and confirmed by Deputy Commissioner and...
Jamaat candidate Krishna Nandi defeated in Khulna-1
Krishna Nandi, the much-discussed candidate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami contesting with the scale symbol, has been defeated by the BNP candidate in the Khulna-1 (Dakop and Batiaghata) constituency. BNP candidate Amir Ejaz Khan secured victory with 60,267 votes, while Krishna Nandi received...
BNP wins 4 of 5 seats in Gazipur, Jamaat secures one
BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidates have won all five parliamentary constituencies in Gazipur district, with the BNP securing four seats and Jamaat winning one. The results were announced Friday morning by Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Alam Hossain. In...
Jamaat ameer wins Dhaka-15 seat
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has been elected from the Dhaka-15 constituency in the 13th National Parliamentary Election. According to the Election Commission, Dr Shafiqur Rahman secured 85,131 votes with the partys scale symbol. His nearest rival, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan,...
Jamaat secures all seats in Satkhira
After 17 years, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has made a major political comeback in Satkhira district. In the 13th National Parliamentary Election, Jamaat-nominated candidates have won all four parliamentary constituencies in the district, according to unofficial results. In what was largely a...
Will accept the verdict of the people as final: Jamaat’s Khaliduzzaman
Jamaat-e-Islamis candidate for the Dhaka-17 constituency Dr. SM Khaliduzzaman has said he will accept the verdict of the people in the election as final. After casting his vote, he told reporters, We will accept the verdict of the people. The people are the highest authority in the country, and...
So far, election atmosphere is good: Jamaat’s Taher
Jamaats parliamentary candidate for the Cumilla-11 constituency and the partys Naib-e-Amir, Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher, said the overall election atmosphere remains positive so far and expressed optimism about his partys prospects. If there is no conspiracy regarding the election, we are...
‘Arrest of Thakurgaon Jamaat ameer with cash a planned drama’
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair has alleged that the arrest of Thakurgaon district Jamaat Ameer Belal Uddin with a large sum of cash is being deliberately portrayed in a misleading manner. Describing the seizure of Tk 74 lakh as a planned drama, he...
Late voting begins at Matuail Haji Abdul Latif Bhuiyan College center
Voting at the Matuail Haji Abdul Latif Bhuiyan College polling centre in Demra began approximately half an hour late on Thursday morning. BNP candidates polling agent Md. Rubel Bhuiyan said that mobile phones had been left at the college gate, causing a delay of about 20 minutes. Jamaat...
Jamaat Ameer casts vote at Monipur centre
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman cast his vote at 8:15am on Thursday at the Monipur High School (Boys Branch) polling centre. The Jamaat leader went to the polling station around 8 am and cast his vote, reports UNB. Voting began at Monipur High School polling centre in the...
Syedpur Airport cash seizure not isolated: Mahdi Amin
BNP Chairpersons Adviser and spokesperson of the partys election steering committee, Dr Mahdi Amin, on Wednesday said the incident involving the detention of a Jamaat leader with a large sum of cash at Syedpur Airport should not be viewed as an isolated event. He made the remarks at a press...
Thakurgaon Jamaat Ameer held at Syedpur Airport with Tk74 lakh
Thakurgaon district Jamaat Ameer Belal Uddin was detained at Syedpur Airport on Wednesday morning while carrying Tk74 lakh. Nilphamari Superintendent of Police Sheikh Zahidul Islam confirmed the information to the media at around 12:45pm on Wednesday. He said that Belal Uddin was detained...
Higher turnout may favour BNP, lower turnout Jamaat: BIDD
A voter turnout of 65 to 68% in the 13th parliamentary election could give the BNP-led alliance a single majority, while a lower turnout of 53 to 58% could pave the way for a Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance to form the government, the Bangladesh Institute of Democracy and Development (BIDD)...