Proportional representation

Proportional representation

Member Secretary of the National Citizen Party (NCP) Akhtar Hossen. Photo: Collected

PR in upper house won't weaken govt: NCP's Akhtar

The NCP leader noted that the National Consensus Commission has already decided in favour of PR in the upper house based on the majority of the parties’ opinion. 

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi spoke to media after meeting cancer-affected Hifazat-e-Islam leader Maulana Enamul Hasan Faruqi and providing him with financial assistance at Jamia Madania Madrasa in Baridhara, Dhaka today (15 September). Photo: UNB

Jamaat’s threat over PR a ploy to create chaos: Rizvi

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The perils of proportional representation: From 541 days of no govt in Belgium to 12 govts in Nepal in 17 years, instability reigned supreme

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

Badiul Alam Majumdar. File Photo: Collected

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

No level playing field yet for upcoming national polls: Jamaat

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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

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

Vested quarters want PR system to mislead people: Hafiz

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

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

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

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

AL allies of 16 years now back proportional elections: Salahuddin