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.
The 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 to uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later became one of the two dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially a big tent centrist party,it later moved towards more right-wing politics.
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 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.
The history of Bangladesh (1971–present) refers to the period after the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014,in accordance with the constitutional requirement that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 24 January 2014.
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh is a political party in Bangladesh founded by former President of Bangladesh and BNP parliamentarian Dr. A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury in 2004. Abdul Mannan and recent Rabaya Begum;two of the most deepest assets of BDB play the most vital role by recruiting and managing the party to promote itself towards its objectives. Their party symbol during the polls is the kula. Its current political alignment is ambiguous,and has two seats in the parliament.
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 victory 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.
Abdul Moyeen Khan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He is a member of the current standing committee of the party. He served as the minister of state for planning,government of Bangladesh during 1993–1996,minister of information during 2001–2002 and the minister of science and information &communication technology during 2002–2006. He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,and former minister of commerce. He hails from a political family in Chittagong and headed the city's BNP unit momentarily to organize the party.
A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-6 constituency. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Railways Ministry. His father,AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury,served as a member of parliament as well as Leader of the Opposition in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.
Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant and former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.
Rajshahi-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. The constituency is vacated from August 6,2024 after the dissolution of parliament.
2018 Bangladesh election violence refers to a series of brutal attacks,mostly on opposition party candidates and clashes between ruling and opposition party men centering on the general election on December 30,2018.
Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury(afwc,psc,te) is a retired Brigadier general of Bangladesh Army who also served as one of the Election Commissioners of Bangladesh during 2017-2022.
M. A. Aziz is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024 in accordance with the current constitutional requirement,stating that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the current term of the Jatiya Sangsad on 29 January 2024. The Awami League,led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina,won the election for the fourth consecutive time with less than 10% of the eligible voters voting according to an Election Commission,which is run by the ruling political party. The party won 224 seats while independent candidates,most of whom were Awami League members propped up as dummy candidates to give a semblance of competition,won 62 seats.
A. T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury is a former chairperson of Bangladesh Public Service Commission. He is a retired additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police.
Muhammed Sohul Hussain is a former election commissioner of Bangladesh who served during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. In 2022,he was part of the search committee created to appoint new election commissioners.
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