As some major Islamist parties have made the primary decision to boycott the forthcoming national election, another group of little-known Islamist parties are planning to counter the move by fielding candidates in all 300 constituencies, multiple sources have confirmed.
Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon today came down heavily on the prospect of Awami League-led 14-party coalition and said the coalition politics is no longer in practice.
After a long hiatus, Hefajat-e Islam, the Qawmi madrasa-based organisation is becoming active to strengthen the organisation once again and press home its 13-point demand, including scrapping “anti-Islam” women and education policies.
A Dhaka court today issued arrest warrants against 13 leaders and activists of the BNP and its front organisations in an arson case filed over Hefajat-e Islam's mayhem in May 2013.
Renowned rights activist Sultana Kamal has said the UN bodies and other international organisations, while taking information on human rights issues, should not rely on a single source.