Category: Statements
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BDFA Endorses No One in This Election
Bangladesh goes to the polls on 12 February 2026 for the 13th parliamentary election, framed as a “reset” after the July 2024 uprising and interim transition. But a reset is not declared; it is demonstrated in whose lives become safer, whose rights become enforceable, and whose futures become imaginable. By those standards, this election shows…
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BDFA Condemns Pir Chormonai’s Refusal to Share Stage with Woman Candidate Dr.Manisha Chakrabarty
Bangladesh Feminist Archives (BDFA) expresses grave concern over an incident involving Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim of Islami Andolon Bangladesh and parliamentary candidate Dr. Manisha Chakraborty in the Barishal-5 constituency ahead of the 13th National Election. The issue arose during a live election discussion program hosted at the Barishal Shilpakala Academy. Dr. Chakraborty, who appeared…
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Press Conference Statement of Sahara Chowdhury
On August 22, 2025, a historic press conference was held by Sahara Chowdhury at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (Sagar-Runi Auditorium). Sahara had been expelled from her institution, Metropolitan University, Sylhet, on 13 August 2025, following demands from a mob. The uproar came after she had drawn a controversial cartoon of Asif Mahtab Utsha and Mohammad…