Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution of Bangladesh was written in 1972,and has undergone seventeen amendments.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman,with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later came out as one of the two most dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially being a big tent centrist party,it moved towards more right-wing politics later.
Begum Khaleda Zia is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996,and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world,after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of one of the former presidents of Bangladesh,Ziaur Rahman. She is the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984,which was founded by her husband in 1978.
The Bangladesh Awami League,simply known as Awami League,is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country,the party played a large role in achieving Bangladeshi independence both before and after the Bangladesh Liberation War. It is also one of the two most dominant parties in the country,along with its archrival Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Throughout its tenure as the ruling party from January 6,2009 to August 5,2024,it has been consistently described as authoritarian and dictatorial.
The prime minister of Bangladesh,officially prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh,is the chief executive of the government of Bangladesh. The prime minister and the cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament,to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The prime minister is ceremonially appointed by the president of Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total of over 20 years,she is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh. She was the world's longest-serving female head of government. Her regime ended in self-imposed exile following a series of violent protests in 2024.
Shah Azizur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh. However,he was the subject of considerable controversy for his collaboration with the Pakistan Army against the struggle for the independence of Bangladesh.
Maulana Azad College is a public institute of liberal arts,commerce and science in India,located in central Kolkata,West Bengal,India. The college is fully government-administered. It is located near the junction of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road and SN Banerjee Road,popularly called "Lotus crossing".
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),led by Khaleda Zia,and the Bangladesh Awami League Party,led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League Party formed a fourteen-party Grand Alliance including Ershad's Jatiya Party,while the BNP formed a four-party alliance which included the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. The election was originally scheduled for January 2007,but it was postponed by a military-controlled caretaker government for an extended period of time.
The 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a caretaker government (CTG) assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration. The BNP government increased the chief justice's retirement age in an unconstitutional way to bias the appointment of the head of the caretaker government. CTG manages the government during the interim 90-day period and parliamentary elections. Political conflict began with the alleged appointment of a Chief Adviser,a role which devolved to the President,Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed. The interim period was marked from the beginning by violent protests initiated by the Awami League named Logi Boitha Andolan,with 40 people killed and hundreds injured in the first month. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party had its own complaints about the process and the opposition.
Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed,also known as Sajeeb Wazed Joy,is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is a member of the Bangladesh Awami League and served as advisor to the prime minister of Bangladesh on information and communication technology affairs.
Mahfuz Anam is a Bangladeshi journalist. He serves as editor and publisher of The Daily Star,one of Bangladesh's largest circulating English-language newspapers. After working in the United Nations for 14 years,Anam co-founded the newspaper with his mentor Syed Mohammad Ali in 1991 during Bangladesh's democratic transition. His criticism of the country's two largest political parties and the military has often resulted in him being sued;Anam dismisses the charges and the suits as attacks on press freedom. He was elected for a second term as chairman of the Asia News Network in 2022 and 2023.
The history of Bangladesh (1971–present) refers to the period after the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
Corruption in Bangladesh has been a continuing problem. According to all major ranking institutions,Bangladesh routinely finds itself among the most corrupt countries in the world.
Salman Fazlur Rahman commonly known as Salman F Rahman is a Bangladeshi businessman,and a former member of the Jatiya Sangsad representing Dhaka-1 constituency. He is notorious for his financial transgressions involving bank loans. He held the position of private industry and investment adviser to the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh,Sheikh Hasina,with the status of a cabinet minister.
Mashiur Rahman,also known as Jadu Mia,was a senior minister,with the rank and status of prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Railways,Roads and Highways of Bangladesh from 29 June 1978 to 12 March 1979. He was the founder of Bangladesh Jatyiotabadi Dal,the whole process of transition to multi-party democracy was his brainchild. He named the party and the election symbol was given to the party from his party NAP. He also made the formal Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh from his party NAP,on the 23 March 1971,when Sheikh Mujib was still negotiating for the premiership of Pakistan with the military junta of Pakistan,not giving the formal declaration despite people's determination for a free,independent country.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was another landslide theft for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance led by Sheikh Hasina. The elections were marred by violence,and were widely considered by opposition politicians and the international community to be rigged.
Sheikh Rehana Siddiq is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. She is the younger sister of the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the daughter of the first President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She is also the mother of Tulip Siddiq,a British Labour Party politician and elected Member of Parliament and City Minister.
The Padma Bridge graft scandal was a political scandal in Bangladesh in 2016 and 2017,involving the Bangladesh Awami League and the Padma Bridge,a 6.15-kilometer (3.82 mi) road-rail bridge across the Padma River and Bangladesh's longest bridge.
Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-4 constituency.
