US EditionBangladesh Islamist Leader Seeks Power in Post-Uprising Vote
- Voters in Bangladesh will head to the polls on Thursday for the first time since a 2024 uprising toppled the former prime minister.
- Rahman, the Islamist leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, has pledged moral renewal, good governance, and rule-based leadership if elected.
- Rahman's party has faced backlash over his comments on women's employment and religious minorities.
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Bangladesh JI leader seeks power
The leader of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami and prime ministerial hopeful Shafiqur Rahman has contested three elections and lost. This time, he hopes to finally win. Voters in the nation will head to the polls on Thursday for the first time since a 2024 uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina, who in her 15 years as prime minister crushed Islamist movements. Now, Rahman, a 67-year-old doctor and preacher, hopes his 11-party alliance could deliver him vict…
Shafiqur Rahman, leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami, embodies the ambition of a long-prohibited party to lead the state for the first time in its history. At the age of sixty-seven, Shafiqur Rahman began a new election campaign, carried by an unprecedented hope. After three successive defeats to the legislature, this [...] Article A moderate Islamist at the gates of power in Bangladesh appeared first on Le Singulier.
Bangladesh interim govt seeks UN probe into Islamist leader Hadi's killing
Bangladesh's interim government under Muhammad Yunus has decided to request a United Nations investigation into the assassination of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, following a tense sit-in protest outside the Chief Advisor's residence
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Yes PunjabBangladesh interim govt to propose UN-led investigation into killing of Islamist leader Hadi
Dhaka, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has decided to seek a probe by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights into the killing of radical platform Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. The announcement was made in a social media post by Shafiqul Alam, the Press Secretary to Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus. The move comes after Inqilab Moncha staged a sit-…
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