Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল |
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| Party leader | Begum Khaleda Zia |
| Secretary General | Fakhrul Islam Alamgir |
| founding | 1978 |
| Headquarters | Dhaka |
| Alignment |
Nationalism conservatism |
| Colours) | blue |
| Parliament seats |
00/300 |
| Website | www.bnpbd.org |
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( Bengali : বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল , Bāṃlādeś Jātīẏatābādī Dal , Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal ) is a party in Bangladesh .
The party is considered to be religiously conservative. The chairman is Khaleda Zia , the widow of the founder Ziaur Rahman .
Political ideology
The BNP sees itself as a center-right party. They combine conservatism , corporatism , militarism and anti-communism and are therefore considered a more right-wing party. The BNP also partly represents anti-Semitic positions. The party is preferred by the upper class and the military .
history
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party was founded on September 1, 1978 by then President Ziaur Rahman , who came to power in 1975 through a military coup. The BNP and its coalition partners ruled Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006. Alongside the Awami League , the BNP is the country's second major leading party.
The 2001 parliamentary elections in Bangladesh resulted in an absolute majority for the BNP with 41% of the vote and 64% of the seats.
Before the planned 2006 election, the opposition parties accused the BNP of manipulating the election results. There were violent clashes, the election did not take place.
In the 2008 election , the BNP only received 33% of the vote and 10% of the seats. The 2014 election was boycotted by her.
Web links
- Official website of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
- Christoph S. Sprung: Bangladesh Nationalist Party , suedasien.info, February 25, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Gunmen shoot Italian priests. In: Spiegel Online , November 18, 2015.
- ↑ Bangladesh country profile. In: BBC News , October 8, 2015.
- ^ Ali Riaz: "God Willing": The Politics and Ideology of Islamism in Bangladesh. In: Comparative Studies of South Asia , 2003 (English).
- ^ Report warns Sikh-Islamic relations threatened by BNP. In: BBC News , May 9, 2010 (English).
- ↑ Roland Buerk: UN wants fewer Bangladesh strikes. In: BBC News , March 10, 2005.