Awami League strengthens ties with China through strategic cooperation and partnership

On Monday afternoon, a 9-member high level delegation of leaders of Jashod, Workers Party and Samayabadi Dal left for China. He will visit Kunming. This delegation included Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, Samayabadi Dal General Secretary Dilip Barua, Jashod General Secretary Shireen Akhtar, Jashod Working President Rabiul Alam, Jashod Joint General Secretary Mohammad Mohsin, […]

No-confidence and blame game in 14-party alliance after elections: Awami League’s control and dissatisfaction of alliance partners

A top leader of a party involved in the alliance, on condition of anonymity, told Prothom Alo that the feeling of distrust in the alliance has also increased. As part of Awami League’s desire to make the election participatory, several candidates from its party participated in the election. Awami League told these candidates that it […]

Awami League agrees to share 7 seats with partners in 14-party alliance, concerns over independent candidates

Workers’ Party president Rashed Khan Menon did not get the Dhaka-8 constituency, from where the MP has contested elections on the boat symbol three times. Rashed Khan Menon did not file any nomination papers for Dhaka and Awami League nominated its joint secretary AFM Bahauddin Naseem for Dhaka-8 constituency. The Workers’ Party chief filed nomination […]

Seat distribution under 14-party alliance to be finalized soon: Quader

Speaking about the expectations of the 14-party alliance, Quader said, “We will take the decision keeping in mind both their expectations and reality. Some of these will get boat election symbol. However, other candidates from his party will contest the elections with their party symbols. Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir, joint general secretary Mahbubul […]

14-party alliance expresses dissatisfaction over Awami League over seat-sharing: Latest updates

Partners of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance have expressed dissatisfaction over the seat-sharing ahead of the 12th parliamentary election scheduled for January 7. In this background, on behalf of the Awami League, alliance coordinator Amir Hussain Amu has initiated informal discussions regarding distribution of seats after the completion of the process of submission of […]

Awami League allies are in a state of confusion regarding the alliance for the 12th National Parliament elections.

In the current Parliament, 14 parties have eight seats. However, this time, the Awami League is reluctant to allot them more than four or five seats. Leader of 14 parties and President of Workers’ Party, Rashid Khan Menon has been MP from Dhaka-8 thrice. This time Awami League’s joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Naseem has […]