Implementation of July Charter: Parties agree on referendum

Desk Report: Political parties have agreed to implement the July Charter through a referendum. But there are differences of opinion among them on what the process of that referendum will be. BNP has talked about holding a referendum on the same day as the national election. However, the party has proposed to resolve the constitutional issues of the charter through the next national parliament. On the other hand, Jamaat-e-Islami is in favor of implementing the issues through a special constitutional order and holding a referendum before the election. And the…

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Bhutanese Ambassador meets Jamaat Ameer

Desk Report: Bhutanese Ambassador meets Jamaat Ameer Dasho Karma Hamu Dorji, the Bhutanese ambassador to Bangladesh, paid a courtesy call on Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman. The meeting was held at Jamaat’s Bashundhara office today, Monday. Also present at the meeting were Jamaat’s Assistant Secretary General Advocate Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair, Jamaat Ameer’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Professor Dr. Mahmudul Hasan, and Bhutan Embassy Counselor Zigdrel Y. Tshering. Bhutanese Ambassador meets Jamaat Ameer A press release sent by Jamaat’s Publicity Department said that during the meeting, they openly discussed various issues related…

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Political leaders at the airport to attend the UN General Assembly

Desk Report: Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus is going to New York, USA to attend the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations. Leaders of various political parties are accompanying him on this visit. The Chief Advisor has six representatives from BNP, Jamaat and NCP as his entourage. Five of them are going to the United States on the same flight. They are already staying at the VVIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the Chief Advisor’s press wing said. He is scheduled to leave Dhaka with his entourage on…

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Salahuddin questions Jamaat over election if it is so confident of being the government party

Desk Report: At a rally held in Chittagong city on Friday, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Chittagong region director Muhammad Shahjahan said that Jamaat-e-Islami will be the government party, and BNP will have to join the opposition. Criticizing his statement, BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said to Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday, “Brothers, have you decided whether BNP will join the opposition or let the people decide? When you are so confident that you will be the government party, why don’t you come to the elections? Why are you trying to disrupt the elections with…

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Chinese Ambassador pays courtesy call on Jamaat Ameer

Desk Report: Chinese Ambassador pays courtesy call on Jamaat Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has received a courtesy call from Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen. The meeting was held at Jamaat-e-Islami’s Bashundhara office on Tuesday. This information was given in a press release sent by Jamaat-e-Islami‘s Publicity Department. Chinese Ambassador pays courtesy call on Jamaat Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami’s Secretary General Professor Mia Golam Parwar, Assistant Secretary General Advocate Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair and Director of the Political Section of the Chinese Embassy Zhang Jing were also present during the meeting.…

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Courtesy meeting of industrialists with Jamaat Ameer

Desk Report: Courtesy meeting of industrialists with Jamaat Ameer A delegation of industrialists from the country paid a courtesy call on Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman at his temporary office in Bashundhara. The business delegation, which met on Sunday, included former caretaker government advisor and Square Group Managing Director Tapan Chowdhury, BGMEA President Mahmud Hasan Khan, BKMEA President Mohammad Hatem, Bangladesh Employers Federation President Fazle Shamim Ehsan, BGMEA Director Saifullah Mansur, BGMEA One Stop Service Cell Chairman Mozammel Haque Bhuiyan, and Public Relations and Publicity Committee Chairman Masud Kabir. In…

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Jamaat announces new program with 5 demands, including elections in February

Desk Report: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a new program with five demands, including holding national elections in February. The party’s central Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher announced the program at a press conference held at Al Falah Auditorium in Moghbazar, Dhaka, on Monday (September 15) morning. At the press conference, the Nayeb-e-Ameer said that there is no alternative to holding free, fair and acceptable elections based on the July National Charter to overcome the country’s ongoing political crisis. Jamaat-e-Islami has raised these five-point demands with the aim of establishing…

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Next election will be fair, impartial and acceptable only if based on July Charter: Jamaat

Desk Report: Jamaat Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad believes that the next election will be fair, impartial and acceptable only if it is held on the basis of the July Charter. Highlighting two ways for the party to implement the charter, he said, one is a Provisional Constitutional Order. There is a precedent for this in the past. Another is a referendum. It also has a history in the country. If the parties cannot agree, the people will vote through a referendum. Azad said this at a meeting of the…

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