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Feb-12 election a mandate to restore people’s rights, rebuild nation: Tarique Rahman

Feb-12 election a mandate to restore people’s rights, rebuild nation: Tarique Rahman

Thakurgaon correspondant: BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said the upcoming national election is not merely about electing public representatives but about restoring people’s rights and rebuilding Bangladesh. “The February-12 election would be an election to rebuild the country as people had been deprived not only of political rights and freedom of expression but had also fallen behind economically over the past decade,” he said while addressing a massive rally at Thakurgaon Government Boys’ High School ground. Pointing towards some people seated beside the stage, Tarique said their relatives had fallen to enforced disappearances and killings while many others had endured repression and torture over the past decade in their struggle to restore democratic rights. “The time has come for people ... বিস্তারিত

Awami League–Aligned Former Bureaucrat at High Risk Amid Post-Regime Political Retribution

Awami League–Aligned Former Bureaucrat at High Risk Amid Post-Regime Political Retribution

In the aftermath of the Awami League government’s collapse, Bangladesh has entered a phase of intense political retribution marked by violence, arson, and targeted persecution of individuals associated with the former regime. Among those at exceptionally high risk is Sayeda Begum, a former Senior Information Officer of the Press Information Department, widely known as a hardline Awami League loyalist and an influential figure within the state’s propaganda apparatus. Political Loyalty and Rise Within the Power Structure Over a career spanning nearly 25 years, Sayeda Begum served under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, particularly during the tenures of Hasanul Hoque Inu and Hasan Mahmud. Within bureaucratic circles, she was known not as a politically neutral civil servant, but as a deeply loyal supporter of th... বিস্তারিত