Category: BDFA News
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Jamaat-e-islami Chief Says Women Can Never Lead Party, Fields Zero Female Candidates
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr. Shafiqur Rahman stated that women can never become the head of the party, describing leadership as shaped by religious and biological differences. Responding to journalist Srinivasan Jain, he said men and women are created differently and linked women’s roles to childbirth and caregiving, arguing that…
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Jamaat Announces First Women’s Rally in Dhaka Amid Election-period Violence Allegations
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has announced that its women’s wing will hold a large rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on January 31, marking the first time the party plans to organize a mass gathering of its female leaders and activists in the capital. The announcement was made Tuesday by Jamaat’s Naib-e-Amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher at…
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Only 76 Women Contesting in the 13th National Parliamentary Election
The Election Commission has confirmed that 76 women candidates will be contesting in Bangladesh’s upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, scheduled to be held on February 12. The information was shared on Thursday by Akhtar Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Election Commission Secretariat, during a media briefing at the EC building in Agargaon, Dhaka. According to…
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