Monday, 28 March 2016

28 October, 2006: A case study of the violent politics of the Awami League

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written by: Talukder Shaheb, blog At the end of BNP-Jamaat-led alliance government’s tenure (2001-2006), the 13th Amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution required the president to offer the position of the Chief Adviser to the immediate past Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who was to be Justice...

Successful Minister of Agriculture Maulana Nizami

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In 2001 The four-party alliance formed the government after winning the parliamentary election with an overwhelming two-thirds majority. Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami assumed the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture of the government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He set...
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HC rejects 1988 writ challenging state religion

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The High Court on Monday rejected a 1988 writ petition challenging the constitutional provision of state religion. The rule retained Islam as state religion as per the eighth amendment to the constitution. The bench of Justice Naima Haider, Quazi Reza-ul Haque and Md Ashraful Kamal rejected the...
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The Historic Speech of Maulana Nizami in the Tribunal

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Alhamdulillah Wassalatu Wassalamu Ala Rasulillah Wa Ma Tawfiqee Illa Billah. Fa Alaihi Tawakkaltu Wa Ilaihi Uneeb I want to categorically inform the court; during the war of liberation in 1971 my role was not involved in anything else other than politics. Politically, we demanded handing over...

Jamaat calls hartal today

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The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday called for a dawn-to-dusk “peaceful” hartal for today to protest “the conspiracy against Islam's status as the state religion in the constitution”. Jamaat acting secretary general Shafiqur Rahman announced the shutdown through a press statement. The hartal coincides...