The National Citizen Party (NCP) is set to submit its preliminary reform proposals to the National Consensus Commission on Sunday, calling for a significant shift in electoral norms: reducing the voting age to 16 and setting the minimum age for parliamentary candidates at 23. At a press briefing held at the NCP’s office in Rupayan […]

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has reiterated that holding elections under the current security conditions in Bangladesh is “not possible.” In an interview with AFP, published today, Nahid expressed concerns over law and order, saying the country is still grappling with security challenges after the removal of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. His […]

Expressing grave concern over the increasing incidents of harassment and abuse against women, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called on the government to take decisive action against perpetrators. In a statement issued today, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir strongly condemned the surge in violence targeting women, including harassment in educational institutions and […]

Bangladesh’s interim government has struggled to fully restore public safety, making it difficult to hold a general election this year, according to Nahid Islam, head of the newly launched Jatiya Nagorik Party or National Citizen Party (NCP). “In the past seven months, we all expected the policing system, law and order to be restored through […]