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Party System in Bangladesh
SUBJECT: POLITICAL SCIENCE VI COURSE: BA LLB SEMESTER V (NON-CBCS) TEACHER: MS. DEEPIKA GAHATRAJ MODULE I, BANGLADESH PARTY SYSTEM Political Historical Background of Bangladesh: Bangladesh is a densely populated country in South Asia. Roughly 60% of its population lives under the poverty level. Its geography is dominated by its low-lying riparian aspect and its population is largely Muslim. History of the role of the political parties to established good governance is rich in Bangladesh, example 1947, 1971, and 1990. Anti-colonial movements against British rule, Pakistani exploitation, militant anarchy. However, these are the single side of the reality. In recent times the ideological conflict between ruling party and the party in opposition is leading the country toward an unwanted situation which will ultimately eliminate good governance segment by segment by poisoning slowly. Most disturbing fact is that political leaders are unwilling to recognize how their actions are threatening the very fabric of democracy. The failure of the political parties to negotiate in keeping national interest threatens the future of democracy in Bangladesh. No doubt, nothing has changed since these remarks were made. In the years since independence, Bangladesh has established a reputation as a largely moderate and democratic majority Muslim country. But this status has been under threat for series of political violence, weak governance, poverty, corruption, and religious militancy. In more recent years religious and anti-religious thoughts have been vigorously pursued by the government. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and the Awami League (AL) is led by current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who traditionally have been dominating politics in Bangladesh. -
Bangladesh: Back to the Future
BANGLADESH: BACK TO THE FUTURE Asia Report N°226 – 13 June 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... i I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 II. THE LEGACY OF THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT ......................................... 2 III. SHATTERED HOPES UNDER THE AWAMI LEAGUE .......................................... 4 A. THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT ...................................................................................................... 4 B. CRACKDOWN ON THE OPPOSITION ............................................................................................... 5 C. POLITICISATION OF THE SECURITY FORCES AND JUDICIARY ........................................................ 6 D. WAR CRIMES TRIALS ................................................................................................................... 7 E. CORRUPTION ................................................................................................................................ 8 F. THE AWAMI LEAGUE IN POWER ................................................................................................... 8 IV. THE OTHER PARTIES ................................................................................................... 9 A. THE BNP .................................................................................................................................... -
Institutionalising Diaspora Linkage the Emigrant Bangladeshis in Uk and Usa
Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employmwent INSTITUTIONALISING DIASPORA LINKAGE THE EMIGRANT BANGLADESHIS IN UK AND USA February 2004 Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, GoB and International Organization for Migration (IOM), Dhaka, MRF Opinions expressed in the publications are those of the researchers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Organization for Migration. IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. As an inter-governmental body, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to: assist in meeting the operational challenges of migration; advance understanding of migration issues; encourage social and economic development through migration; and work towards effective respect of the human dignity and well-being of migrants. Publisher International Organization for Migration (IOM), Regional Office for South Asia House # 3A, Road # 50, Gulshan : 2, Dhaka : 1212, Bangladesh Telephone : +88-02-8814604, Fax : +88-02-8817701 E-mail : [email protected] Internet : http://www.iow.int ISBN : 984-32-1236-3 © [2002] International Organization for Migration (IOM) Printed by Bengal Com-print 23/F-1, Free School Street, Panthapath, Dhaka-1205 Telephone : 8611142, 8611766 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission of the publisher. -
The Internationalisation of Bangladeshi Military Intervention in 2007
The Internationalisation Of Bangladeshi Military Intervention In 2007 By M Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury 17 November, 2014 Countercurrents.org International relations have major role in governing different countries, particularly, in this era of globalisation. It is more evident in developing countries’ politics. Moreover, extra-constitutional government needs special support and attention from foreign powers for its legitimacy. Bangladesh witnessed military-backed government’s parley to gain international support during its tenure of 2007-08 period. The military rule contacted relevant international powerful quarters in order to receive their supports. Appointment of Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed as the head of the government was nothing but first signal of military administration to show that they have international connections. On the one hand the military’s priority was Dr. Muhammad Yunus, and on the other hand, Yunus’s choice was different. He was more interested to be the head of the state or the President of the country. Instead of joining as head of the government or Chief Adviser during the army-backed regime Yunus made his all out efforts to start with a journey for his new political front ‘Nagarik Shakti’. However, that move has failed as people went against the military’s anti-political behaviour. Role of PR in UN Initially, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh in United Nations Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury was aspirant for the position of the Chief Adviser. After completion of his regular appointment in the United Nations as Permanent Representative, Iftekhar was discharging his contractual assignment in the same position in New York. In fact, he was the unofficial adviser of Army Chief Moeen Uddin Ahmed prior to 11 January 2007 military coup. -
Vibrantbangladesh
VVIIBBRRAANNTT BBAANNGGLLAADDEESSHH January, 2008 [Issue 01] HIGHLIGHTS DEMOCRACY HAS NO ALTERNATIVE IN Help Bangladesh become middle income country: BANGLADESH. CHIEF ADVISER REITERATED Chief Adviser in NRB Conference PLEDGE TO HOLD ELECTION BY 2008 Sidr brought sympathetic impact: Ambassador he chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed announced that Foreign Adviser for protective status to Bangladeshis th his government would soon open dialogue with Celebration of 37 Victory Day in the Embassy T political parties for transition to democracy through holding Climate change- challenge for Bangladesh: President free, fair and neutral elections. Visit of Chief of Army Staff USA hailed separation of Judiciary from Administration In an address to the nation, Bangladesh welcomes NPDA 2007 marking the completion of one Bangladeshi Americans with mainstream society year of caretaker government, Business and Development he also said lifting restrictions Science and Technology on indoor politics outside PHOTO GALLERY Dhaka throughout the country was under consideration. MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR M. HUMAYUN Referring to the formation of incumbent caretaker KABIR government in post 1/11 milieu, the chief adviser said, 'In the world history such spontaneous transition is rare, but we welcome you to our web are going to do it. Because, we believe that democracy has journal and on behalf of my I no alternative.' In categorical terms, he said the government colleagues and my own behalf I was committed to holding parliamentary polls by December wish you all a very happy New 2008 according to the Election Commission roadmap — if Year. We do hope that 2008 will possible, ahead of it. 'And there is no room for confusion bring more peace, progress and about it,' he said reaffirming his government's position. -
Many Years Have Passed After This–It Has Been Almost 35 Years but We
CultureTalk Bangladesh Video Transcripts: http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu Early Leaders of Bangladesh English translation: Many years have passed after this…it has been almost 35 years, but we still have not really achieved a state of peace. After getting independence in 1971, a major change took place in 1975. Whether we call him the architect behind the Liberation War or the father of the nation, Bongobondhu 1 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated. Although before this he did run the country through dictatorship… . Anyway, after the assassination, there was martial law for a while, then there was mass … then the national elections took place. President Ziaur Rahman was also shot and assassinated. Then came General Ershad. He ruled for a long time, from 1983 until 1990 … about seven, eight years and after this… in between in 1988 and 1990, due to the revolution, he had to resign from his presidential post. After that, through election, a new democratic parliamentary government was established. The political party established by Ziaur Rahman, BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party), was the ruling party, with Ziaur Rahman’s wife, Begum Khaleda Zia as the Prime Minister. When the next elections took place again after five years, then the party established by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Awami League, won the election, and his daughter Sheikh Hasina became the Prime Minister. But… it was not exactly… democracy could not be established in either term. Anyway, five years after that, national elections took place again and the BNP came to power for the second time. That term ended in November of 2001… no… in December. -
Bangladesh Page 1 of 29
2008 Human Rights Report: Bangladesh Page 1 of 29 2008 Human Rights Report: Bangladesh BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices February 25, 2009 Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy of 150 million citizens. On December 29, the Awami League (AL) led by Sheikh Hasina Wazed won 230 of 299 Parliamentary seats in elections considered by international and domestic observers to be free and fair and marked by isolated irregularities and sporadic violence. The elections and the peaceful transfer of power that followed ended two years of rule by a military-backed caretaker government. Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), stepped down as prime minister in October 2006 when her term of office expired and transferred power to a caretaker government to prepare for general elections the following January. In the wake of political instability in January 2007, President Iajuddin Ahmed, then head of the caretaker government, declared a state of emergency and postponed the elections, appointing the new military- backed caretaker government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed, the former Bangladesh Bank governor, who in July 2007 pledged that elections would be held by the end of 2008. Although civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces, these forces frequently acted independently of government authority. Although levels of violence declined significantly and the caretaker government oversaw successful elections, the government's human rights record remained a matter of serious concern, in part due to the state of emergency that remained in place for most of the year and the failure to fully investigate extrajudicial killings. -
Jcm0711-Editorial
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS, VOL. 7, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 2012 781 Special Issue on Advances in Wireless and Optical Communications Guest Editorial Significant research and development growth continues to propel the fields of wireless and optical communications. Information technology, Internet and multimedia communications are all based on either wireless or optical networks. Optical wireless communication is another growing field which combines optical principles and wireless techniques. This special issue brings together the state-of-the-art research contributions and developments that address the various critical issues in wireless and optical communication systems and networks. Researchers from around the world were invited to contribute to this special issue which prompted a significant number of submissions. In addition, a selected number of authors were invited from the IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology held on December 22-24, 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to enhance their papers significantly and submit to the special issue. We received a total of fourteen submissions which went through rigorous review process by the experts in the field. Nine papers were finally selected for inclusion in the special issue of the journal. The contributing authors represent academic and/or research institutions from Bangladesh, China, Sweden, Thailand, and United States of America. The first paper by Alhasson and Matinanalyzes the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals.The authors found that the discrete time signals follow a Gaussian distribution while the continuous time signals follow a Rayleigh distribution. They also used a submoptimal combination technique to reduce the searching complexity of finding the optimum set of vectors to minimize PAPR. -
A New Priority in India's Look East Policy
ISA S Insights No. 111 – 31 August 2010 469A Bukit Timah Road #07-01, Tower Block, Singapore 259770 Tel: 6516 6179 / 6516 4239 Fax: 6776 7505 / 6314 5447 Email: [email protected] Website: www.isas.nus.edu.sg A New Priority in India’s Look East Policy: Evolving Bilateral Relations with Bangladesh Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury1 Abstract India is a country and nation on the rise. The process would be facilitated by a supportive regional environment. While with Pakistan relations continue to be challenged, with Bangladesh they appear on the mend. Bangladesh has for a variety of reasons proved to be the calmest country in the region and is also emerging as a responsible international actor. However, if this relationship is to evolve satisfactorily, India will be required to assume a disproportionately greater and non-reciprocal responsibility. The Indian leadership has already intellectually accepted this role and the article recommends some mutual steps towards advancing it. This relationship is also in consonance with India’s Look East policy, in which Bangladesh appears to have become a new priority. The Indian Express brought out an editorial on 3 August 2010 that deserves to be quoted extensively. The leader stated: ‘Rising powers need friendly neighbours. A relationship with our neighbours that is supportive, or at least cordial, would free us to think on a larger scale.’ Of course, India’s western border shows no signs of being unproblematic any time soon. But to the east, an election in Bangladesh that brought in the Awami League - which does not subscribe to the anti-Indian rhetoric that is the characteristic of the other main party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) - should have been seized with both hands. -
Restoring Democracy in Bangladesh
RESTORING DEMOCRACY IN BANGLADESH Asia Report N°151 – 28 April 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................i I. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................5 II. THE ARMY STEPS IN ..................................................................................................6 A. THE RUN-UP TO THE COUP....................................................................................................6 B. THE COUP.............................................................................................................................7 C. RESPONSES TO THE COUP......................................................................................................8 D. A LEGAL BASIS?.................................................................................................................10 1. The question of constitutionality .............................................................................10 2. The Emergency Power Rules (EPR)........................................................................11 III. THE AGENDA..............................................................................................................12 A. THE STATED AIMS ..............................................................................................................12 1. Tackling corruption .................................................................................................12 2. Reforming -
Bangladesh: Political and Strategic Developments and U.S. Interests
Bangladesh: Political and Strategic Developments and U.S. Interests Bruce Vaughn Specialist in Asian Affairs April 1, 2010 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov R41194 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Bangladesh: Political and Strategic Developments and U.S. Interests Summary Bangladesh is a densely populated and poor nation in South Asia. Roughly 80% of its population lives on less than $2 a day. Its population is largely Muslim and its geography is dominated by its low-lying riparian aspect. Bangladesh suffers from high levels of corruption and an at times faltering democratic system that has been subject to pressure from the military. Bangladesh (the former East Pakistan) gained its independence in 1971, following India’s intervention in a rebellion against West Pakistan (currently called Pakistan). In the years since independence, Bangladesh has established a reputation as a largely moderate and democratic majority Muslim country. This status has been under threat from a combination of political violence, weak governance, poverty, corruption, and Islamist militancy. There has been concern in the past that should Bangladesh become a failed state, or a state with increased influence by Islamist extremists, it could serve as a base of operations for terrorist activity. In more recent years, such concerns have abated somewhat as Islamist militants have been vigorously pursued by the government and Bangladesh has returned to democratic government. The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and the Awami League (AL) traditionally have dominated Bangladeshi politics, with the AL in government since January 2009. The BNP is led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia; the AL is led by current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. -
List of Unclaimed Stock Dividend for the Year 2011
ABBL Suspense Account for the year 2011 (as of 25-08-2021) Sl.No. Folio Name of Shareholder Bonus 2011 1 B01-044 Secretary, Ministry of Finance 85,598 2 B02-001 Mahtab Hossain 622 3 B02-003 Sheikh Mahmud Hossain 16 4 B02-004 Sheikh Mahfuz Hossain 16 5 B02-008 Yusuf 64 6 B02-017 A.F.Mohammad Asaduzzaman 776 7 B02-018 Abu Taher 712 8 B02-020 Arifur Rahman 2,384 9 B02-023 Yahia Khan 178 10 B02-039 Iqbal Ahmed 1,048 11 B02-040 Shams-ul Haque 110 12 B02-041 Hashina Begum 72 13 B02-042 Shams-ul Huda 4 14 B02-045 Abu Ahmed 140 15 B02-056 Jasmine Rahman 68 16 B02-076 Masuda Samad IA-72 2,716 17 B02-079 A. B. M. Fazlul Karim IA-83 6 18 B02-083 ICB A/C Mr.Syed Enamul Haq IA-136 40 19 B02-084 Shireen Haq IA-137 50 20 B02-092 Momena N. Rahman IA-278 50 21 B02-099 Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed IA-309 4,984 22 B02-104 Lt. Col. Nurun Nabi IA-387 1,360 23 B02-108 Sufia Ahmed IA-411 2,878 24 B02-113 A. S. S. Huque Bulbul IA-465 430 25 B02-114 A. S. M. Quasem IA-470 258 26 B02-164 Aminul Islam IA-782 2,414 27 B02-180 Capt.Kazi Fakhruddin Ahmed IA-877 94 28 B02-186 Ziauddin Mahmood IA-905 448 29 B02-201 Musarraf Hossain IA-926 58 30 B02-241 Monowar Ahmed IA-984 74 31 B02-261 Imtiazuddin Ahmed IA-1070 94 32 B02-263 Wahiuddin Mahmood IA-1075 730 33 B02-273 Mostafa Anwar Mahmood IA-1102 206 34 B02-294 Ummey Kulsum IA-1202 542 35 B02-295 Rafiq Ahmed Siddique IA-1204 1,276 36 B02-296 Rafiqul Islam IA-1205 128 37 B02-301 Kazi Mesbah ul Alam IA-1211 40 38 B02-324 M Iqbal Ali IA-1259 3,042 39 B02-333 Ataul Karim AnsariIA-1268 448 40 B02-334 A.