Proportional representation

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Politics

'It's dangerous': Badiul's remark adds fuel to heated debate on PR system

While 32 parties, including BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and the National Citizen Party (NCP), support creating a two-house legislature, consensus has not been reached on how upper house members should be...

Badiul Alam Majumdar. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

PR system has both positives and negatives: Badiul Alam Majumdar

Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad speaking to journalists after a meeting with CEC at the Election Commission headquarters in Agargaon, Dhaka on Thursday. Photo: TBS
Politics

No level playing field yet for upcoming national polls: Jamaat

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Politics

AB Party places 9-point proposal for fair election

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan speaking at a press conference at the party’s central office in Nayapaltan, Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: UNB
Politics

PR demand 'suspicious, unrealistic', says BNP’s Nazrul

BNP National Standing Committee member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed today (9 August) spoke at at the Khulna Press Club. Photo: BSS
Politics

Vested quarters want PR system to mislead people: Hafiz

Representatives from various political parties, including BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, participated in the meeting
Bangladesh

Consensus Commission decides 100-member Upper House thru PR, BNP opposes

Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) Ameer Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim spoke at a gathering of IAB Pirojpur district unit at Pirojpur Central Shaheed Minar premises today (24 July). Photo: BSS
Politics

Polls should be held under PR system: IAB chief Rezaul Karim

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman spoke at a programme as the chief guest at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in the capital this afternoon (21 July). Photo: Collected
Politics

Election under PR system will open door to extremism in Bangladesh: Tarique Rahman

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed spoke at a rally organised by the Keraniganj Upazila South BNP today (5 July). Photo: Collected
Politics

AL allies of 16 years now back proportional elections: Salahuddin

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi spoke at the inauguration of a voluntary blood donation and blood grouping programme in the district town today (3 July). Photo: BSS
Politics

More dictators will emerge if elections held under PR system: Rizvi

Sabir Mustafa. Sketch: TBS
Analysis

Has the time come for Bangladesh to embrace PR?