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Jamaat Ameer returns country from UK
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has returned to the country after wrapping up his visit to the United Kingdom (UK). Jamaat Secretary General and former lawmaker Mia Golam Parwar received Shafiqur Rahman with a flower bouquet at the VIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International...
Apology to nation if 1971 mistakes are proven: Jamaat chief
Ameer-e-Jamaat Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, the chief of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has stated that he will apologize to the nation if any wrongdoing by his party during the 1971 Liberation War is proven beyond doubt. His remarks came as part of an ongoing effort to address historical issues related to...
Jamaat demands list of martyrs, their immediate rehabilitation
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Central Executive Council Member Mohammed Selim Uddin urged the government to recognise the students who sacrificed their lives in the July-August mass uprising as the national hero. Selim, also Dhaka City North unit Ameer of the religion-based political party demanded...
Maulana Saad followers offer Jummah prayers at Kakrail Mosque
A large number of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi faction of the Tablighi Jamaat gathered at Kakrail Mosque for Jummah prayers on Friday, with additional forces deployed to ensure security in the area, reports Dhaka Tribune. Early in the morning, Maulana Saads followers started arriving in the Kakrail...
Conspiracy going on surrounding national elections: Jamaat Secretary General
A new political conspiracy is unfolding around the next election, Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, Professor Mia Golam Parwar, said on Friday, reports UNB. The Jamaat leader alleged that various factions are plotting behind the scenes to destabilize the country. While addressing the...
Jamaat calls for national election to be held within a reasonable timeframe
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General, Professor Mia Golam Parwar, has called for the national parliamentary elections to be held within a reasonable timeframe. Parwar made the demand, emphasizing the need for timely elections in line with democratic principles, although he did not specify...
Bury political divisions for greater national interests: Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman
The Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday urged the political parties to work together for the sake of the country burying all divisions. He called upon everyone to work together to build a non-discrimination society and a new Bangladesh, reports UNB. If we still think of...
Bishwa Ijtema: Home Ministry to meet with two factions of Tabligh Jamaat today
The Ministry of Home Affairs has called a meeting to address an ongoing dispute between two factions of the Tabligh Jamaat and to determine the date for the upcoming Bishwa Ijtema on Monday, reports Dhaka Tribune. The meeting is scheduled for 10:30 am on Monday in the conference room of the...
Awami League has no moral right to return to politics: Jamaat Ameer
Dr Shafiqur Rahman, the Ameer of Jamaat, has stated that Fascism will have no place in Bangladesh. He also noted that Awami League does not have the moral right to return to politics. He made these remarks on Monday while speaking as a chief guest at a discussion. The discussion was mainly about...
18 years since 'Logi-Boitha' mayhem
Today marks the 18th anniversary of the tragic logi boitha mayhem. On this day in 2006, Awami League activists brutally murdered six Jamaat-e-Islami members in broad daylight in the Baitul Mukarram area of Dhaka, using logi and boithas. Disturbingly, they danced on the corpses after confirming...
AL led liberation war, but later became bloodthirsty: Shameem Sayeedi
Shameem Bin Sayeedi, the son of former Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami said Awami League (AL) led the liberation war, but became bloodthirsty after they ascended into the power. He said it while giving speech as the chief guest in the mass gathering of the party in Government Mahendra Narayan...
Government job has to be ensured for family member of martyrs: Jamaat Ameer
Warning that no conspiracy of the conspirators will be realized anymore, Jamaat-e Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said the killers and looters of the past cant save themselves by escaping the country. He said this in a view exchange meeting with the family members of the martyrs who died in the...
Jamaat demands resignation of President
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded immediate resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin for the sake of holding of the next general election after necessary reforms in the state mechanism. Prof Abdul Halim, assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, made the demand while addressing...
Jamaat Ameer calls for national unity
Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, stated that the foundation of national unity will be the Peoples Revolution of 24. He urged that no party, including theirs, should contemplate diverging from the spirit of this revolution. Those who do so will inevitably tread the...
Jamaat too files review plea for restoration of caretaker govt system
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has filed a plea seeking a review of the Supreme Court judgment that declared illegal the 13th amendment to the Constitution that had introduced the caretaker government (CG) system. Jamaat counsel Advocate Mohammad Shisier Manir said Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General...
Jamaat Ameer meets UN representatives
The Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, met with the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Gwyn Lewis, and the UN Human Rights Adviser, Huma Khan, for a courtesy meeting. This meeting took place on Tuesday at 11:30 AM, during which they exchanged views in a very cordial...
SC restores Jamaat's appeal against verdict declaring registration illegal
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday restored Jamaat-e-Islamis appeal against the High Court verdict that had declared its registration as a political party, illegal, reports BSS. Restored, said the apex courts four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed...
Jamaat doesn’t want to take revenge: Ameer
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said they want the trial of killers of worthy sons of the soil under the same law and tribunal that they (killers) used to kill them illegally, state news agency BSS reported. We dont want to take revenge for what repression they...
Syndicates must be broken to ease people's suffering: Jamaat Ameer
Urging the government to break up the syndicates formed during the Awami League regime, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said there is no other alternative to ending the peoples sufferings. The syndicates must be broken - they (syndicates) have been sitting on the neck of the nation....
We will have friends abroad, but no form of dominance will be accepted: Jamaat Ameer
Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said Bangladesh will have friends abroad. However, it wont tolerate any form of dominance. If any country wants to assert dominance over Bangladesh, the nation will give them a fitting response. He made these remarks as the chief guest at a conference organized by...