Jamaat ‘will not take responsibility’ for Tarique Monowar’s statement

Desk Report: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has completely denied its involvement in the recent controversial statement made by Islamic speaker Tariq Monowar about the scholars of Darse Nezami. The party says that the Islamic speaker’s statement is entirely ‘his own’. The attempt to place the responsibility for it on Jamaat-e-Islami is ‘sad and unwelcome’. Jamaat’s Assistant Secretary General Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair made these remarks in a statement sent to the media on Tuesday. In it, he said, ‘A few days ago, Maulana Tariq Monowar gave a speech involving the scholars of Darse…

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Argentine Ambassador meets Jamaat Ameer

Desk Report: Argentine Ambassador meets Jamaat Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman met with Argentine Ambassador to Dhaka Marcelo Carlos Sessa. The meeting was held at Jamaat’s Bashundhara office today, Tuesday, in the presence of Assistant Secretary General Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair and Jamaat Ameer’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Professor Dr. Mahmudul Hasan. Argentine Ambassador meets Jamaat A press release sent by Jamaat’s Publicity Department said that in the meeting, they discussed the overall situation prevailing in Bangladesh and bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Argentina, investment, international relations and other matters of…

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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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An Islamic party has lost its balance in order to come to power: Rizvi

Desk Report: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has commented that an Islamic party has lost its balance in order to come to power. He said this after visiting the Durga Puja at the Ramna Kali Mandir in the capital on Sunday (September 28). Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said, ‘An Islamic party has lost its balance in order to come to power. Jamaat-e-Islami is not an independent political party. They work as a branch of a party in another country. BNP does not have to change anything. BNP’s identity…

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The party that is champion in corruption is also champion in looting stones and sand before coming to power: Rafiqul Islam Khan

Desk Report: A party that has been a champion in corruption for 5 consecutive years has now become a champion in looting stones and sand before coming to power, said Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami‘s Assistant Secretary General Rafiqul Islam Khan. He said that the party has become the owner of the country after August 5. Rafiqul Islam Khan said these things while speaking as the chief guest at the Dhaka-6 all-level Ulama-Mashaykh gathering organized by Dhaka Metropolitan South Jamaat at Zahir Raihan Cultural Center in Gendaria, the capital, on Saturday (September 27).…

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Even if we can’t get a bullet train for development, we will launch an express train in 5 years: Jamaat Amir

Desk Report: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said, ‘We want to change this rotten Bangladesh. We believe that we cannot launch a bullet train of development in five years, but we can launch an express train.’ He said this at the annual council session of the Forum of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh (FDEB) at the Institute of Diploma Engineers (IDEB) auditorium in Kakrail in the capital on Saturday. The Jamaat Ameer said, ‘Our education system is neither moral nor material. It is not even close to any standard. In this education…

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National Assembly elections: Seat sharing under discussion

Desk Report: The 13th National Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in mid-February next year. Ahead of the elections, the two major parties, BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, have taken opposing positions on several issues, including the proportional representation (PR) system. The dispute has erupted on the streets as no solution has been reached at the negotiating table. Jamaat-e-Islami has already taken to the field with like-minded people to create pressure on five demands, including the PR system. However, analysts say that the reason behind the dispute and the program is…

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Chief advisor, accompanied by four politicians, leaves for New York tonight

Desk Report: Chief advisor, accompanied by four politicians, leaves for New York tonight The chief advisor to the interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, will leave Dhaka for New York, the United States, on Sunday night to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The chief advisor will be accompanied by four political leaders on the trip. They are BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher, National Citizens Party (NCP) Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain, and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s foreign affairs…

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Student parliament election will have impact on national elections: Jamaat Ameer

Desk Report: The recently held student union elections will have an impact on the next national parliamentary elections, said Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman. He made these remarks as the chief guest at the party’s Central Women’s Divisional Majlish-e-Shura session held at the Al Falah Auditorium of the Jamaat Central Office today (September 20). Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said, “Islami Chhatra Shibir has won the DUCSU and JACSU elections. Many are overwhelmed by this victory. The impact of this election will also be felt in the next national…

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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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