The New Indian Express reports:
The She vote in Bangladesh and how it has placed the victorious BNP on notice
https://www.newindianexpress.com/web-on ... -on-notice
(The print edition has the first page headline: Bangladesh She vote was Jamaat’s nemesis : voted across party lines to defeat its attempt to capture power)
Bangladesh News and Discussion
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MEA press release:
https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.h ... Bangladesh
Hon’ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the new Government in Bangladesh
https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.h ... Bangladesh
Hon’ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the new Government in Bangladesh
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one strongly suspects that Modi ji, very rightly, may not be attending the ceremony, because the paki PM is attending.
if true, it's a good call
The invitation was extended by cheap adviser youanus, to the leaders from 13 countries
these paki and beedi swine are more than likely to cause some untoward and unpleasant incident, and blame it on India. so, it's far better for Modi ji to stay home and keep these scum guessing
the insufferable youanus is acting like he is the proud father and the newly elected beedi pm is already beginning to show his true (and genetically inherited) anti India colors
funny to see how these regional jihadi mulks all demand that India treat them as "equals", but are servile and groveling when dealing with the goras or eyeraaabs or even eskimos
if true, it's a good call
The invitation was extended by cheap adviser youanus, to the leaders from 13 countries
these paki and beedi swine are more than likely to cause some untoward and unpleasant incident, and blame it on India. so, it's far better for Modi ji to stay home and keep these scum guessing
the insufferable youanus is acting like he is the proud father and the newly elected beedi pm is already beginning to show his true (and genetically inherited) anti India colors
funny to see how these regional jihadi mulks all demand that India treat them as "equals", but are servile and groveling when dealing with the goras or eyeraaabs or even eskimos
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Chetak saar, this entitledness comes from us onlee. The expectation was first set by policies of I K Gujral who wanted us to be the big brother. This resulted in the belief that whatever they demand, India must give as their birthright…funny to see how these regional jihadi mulks all demand that India treat them as "equals", but are servile and groveling when dealing with the goras or eyeraaabs or even eskimos
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Some RIC unity,
Prothomalo reports:
India, China, Russia made no new loan commitments during interim govt’s term
https://en.prothomalo.com/business/local/8850zpazjw
Prothomalo reports:
India, China, Russia made no new loan commitments during interim govt’s term
https://en.prothomalo.com/business/local/8850zpazjw
India, China and Russia have made no new loan commitments to Bangladesh during the past one and a half years under the interim government. However, the three countries have continued disbursing funds against previously agreed loans.
Over this period, the three nations together disbursed more than US$2 billion (200 crores). In contrast, Bangladesh did not secure any fresh loan commitments for new projects from them.
India
India has been providing loans under three Lines of Credit agreed in 2010, 2016 and 2017, totalling a commitment of US$7.36 billion. However, the amount of disbursement lagged behind commitments.
Since the interim government assumed office, the pace of disbursement has slowed further. Over the past 18 months, India disbursed US$290 million under various LoC projects.
ERD sources further said that up to June 2024, total disbursement had reached US$1.78 billion. With an additional US$290 million disbursed up to December, the cumulative figure stands at approximately US$2.07 billion.
Under the three LoCs, 36 projects have been undertaken in sectors including road and rail connectivity, energy, and infrastructure development. Of these, 15 have been completed, eight are ongoing, and the remainder are in process. No new loan commitments were made by India during the past 18 months.
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Think India must insist that all GoI to any BD govt or private entity must get a BD Parliamentary vote to go through. It slows things down for BD, but that is the cost of constantly complaining about Indian hegemony.
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
https://x.com/albd1971/status/2023037120512962628
Bangladesh Awami League
@albd1971
President Sheikh Hasina's statement on the 'farcical election' on 12th February
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On 12 February, the nation witnessed a pre-planned election of deception and farce - one that will be recorded as a disgraceful chapter in Bangladesh’s democratic history. This was not an election of public will; it was an industrial-scale administrative exercise in manipulating numbers.
The total number of registered voters in this election was 127,711,793. Voting began at 7:30 a.m. and continued until 4:30 p.m. Serious irregularities were observed, both in the conduct of voting and in the turnout percentages released in stages by the Election Commission, many of which appeared inconsistent and unrealistic.
According to the Commission’s first briefing, by 11:00 a.m.—the first 3 hours and 30 minutes—14.96% of votes had been cast, equivalent to 19,105,684 ballots. That would mean an average of 90,979 votes per minute.
In the next briefing, turnout by 12:00 noon was announced as 32.88%. That means between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon alone, 17.92% of votes were cast—22,880,350 ballots—an average of roughly 381,339 votes per minute. This rate is several times higher than the earlier average and is highly abnormal. During the first 3.5 hours, the hourly turnout rate was 4.27%, yet in the following hour it was shown as 17.92%. If all 32,789 polling centres were operating, this would imply an average of 11.63 votes per minute per centre—one vote every 5.16 seconds—which is practically impossible.
Anyone familiar with Bangladesh’s voting history knows that turnout typically moves fastest in the morning, especially before 11 a.m. Yet only 14.96% turnout was recorded during that period, followed by a sudden leap to 32.88% by noon—an abnormal surge within a single hour.
At the third stage, it was reported that turnout reached 47.91% by 2:00 p.m., meaning that between noon and 2:00 pm, it increased by 15.03%, or 19,194,883 votes—about 159,958 votes per minute.
Finally, by 4:30 p.m., turnout was declared to be 59.44%. That means between 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.—2 hours and 30 minutes—another 11.53%, or 14,722,770 votes, were added, averaging roughly 98,152 votes per minute.
According to various media reports, casting a vote at some centres took between 1.5 and 3 minutes. Yet the time-based statistics show that turnout increased at an unusually rapid rate between 11:00 a.m. and noon.
The overall vote count presented by the Election Commission does not match the reality reported across the country—empty polling stations, inactive booths, and absent voters. Among roughly 86,000 eligible prisoners, only about 5,000 voted (about 3%). Among an estimated 15 million expatriate voters, about 500,000 voted (around 7%). In this context, the claim of nearly 60% turnout is not just unrealistic but laughable.
State resources and government machinery were directly used to promote the “Yes” vote. The government itself openly assumed responsibility for campaigning in favour of “Yes.” On the ballot paper, a tick mark beside “Yes” and a cross beside “No” represented a blatant psychological tactic aimed at influencing voters and controlling public opinion. The absence of signatures other than the presiding officer’s on result sheets further indicates a lack of transparency.
Although constituency-wise results of the national election were announced over 18 hours, constituency-level results of the referendum held the same day were not published. The referendum results were released almost five hours after the national election results. This delay, combined with numerical inconsistencies in participation, has created a clear perception of vote rigging among the public.
The delay in publishing referendum results raises a crucial question: did the Election Commission process the data, or did it adjust the data to fit a predetermined process? This question is now being asked across all sections of Bangladeshi society—and it is both relevant and legitimate.
This election did not pave the way for restoring democracy; rather, it has deepened public distrust, skepticism, and political uncertainty. Results declared through a controversial process can never bring stability to a country.
On the eve of voting, 11 February, incidents of violence and clashes occurred in various parts of the country between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami. Reports emerged of weapons recoveries, vote-buying, and arrests. That evening, there were reports of polling centres being seized, ballots being stamped in advance, and other irregularities. In several centres, presiding officers signed result sheets before voting even began. Many voters who went to cast their ballots found that their votes had already been cast. In some places, groups of four or five women were seen stamping ballots together inside private rooms; in others, men were doing so. Hundreds of pre-stamped ballots were recovered. Some centres had multiple polling agents representing the same candidate. Attempts were made the previous night to prepare result sheets and collect polling agents’ signatures in advance.
On election day itself, clashes, crude bomb explosions, centre seizures, ballot snatching, coercion to vote for specific symbols, fake voting, counting irregularities, and even presiding officers stamping ballots for particular candidates were reported nationwide.
During the tenure of the Awami League, the BNP voluntarily boycotted two elections and even announced efforts to resist them through arson and violence, causing loss of many lives. In contrast, the Awami League did not boycott elections; rather, it was illegally banned and forcibly excluded from this one. Even so, the Awami League did not call for violent resistance or destruction. It appealed to the people to peacefully boycott this one-sided election, and the public responded by not turning up to vote. That is why the illegal government of Muhammad Yunus had to inflate turnout figures through manipulation.
Under this illegal Yunus administration, this rigged and one-sided election has robbed people of their voting rights. Therefore, the demand of Bangladesh’s 180 million people today is to annul this voterless, illegal, and unconstitutional election; ensure the resignation of the murderous fascist Yunus; withdraw false cases and release all political prisoners, teachers, journalists, intellectuals, and professionals; lift the suspension imposed on the Awami League’s activities; and restore the people’s voting rights by holding a free, fair, and participatory election under a neutral caretaker government.
Joy Bangla
Joy Bangabandhu
Long live Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Awami League
@albd1971
President Sheikh Hasina's statement on the 'farcical election' on 12th February
---
On 12 February, the nation witnessed a pre-planned election of deception and farce - one that will be recorded as a disgraceful chapter in Bangladesh’s democratic history. This was not an election of public will; it was an industrial-scale administrative exercise in manipulating numbers.
The total number of registered voters in this election was 127,711,793. Voting began at 7:30 a.m. and continued until 4:30 p.m. Serious irregularities were observed, both in the conduct of voting and in the turnout percentages released in stages by the Election Commission, many of which appeared inconsistent and unrealistic.
According to the Commission’s first briefing, by 11:00 a.m.—the first 3 hours and 30 minutes—14.96% of votes had been cast, equivalent to 19,105,684 ballots. That would mean an average of 90,979 votes per minute.
In the next briefing, turnout by 12:00 noon was announced as 32.88%. That means between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon alone, 17.92% of votes were cast—22,880,350 ballots—an average of roughly 381,339 votes per minute. This rate is several times higher than the earlier average and is highly abnormal. During the first 3.5 hours, the hourly turnout rate was 4.27%, yet in the following hour it was shown as 17.92%. If all 32,789 polling centres were operating, this would imply an average of 11.63 votes per minute per centre—one vote every 5.16 seconds—which is practically impossible.
Anyone familiar with Bangladesh’s voting history knows that turnout typically moves fastest in the morning, especially before 11 a.m. Yet only 14.96% turnout was recorded during that period, followed by a sudden leap to 32.88% by noon—an abnormal surge within a single hour.
At the third stage, it was reported that turnout reached 47.91% by 2:00 p.m., meaning that between noon and 2:00 pm, it increased by 15.03%, or 19,194,883 votes—about 159,958 votes per minute.
Finally, by 4:30 p.m., turnout was declared to be 59.44%. That means between 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.—2 hours and 30 minutes—another 11.53%, or 14,722,770 votes, were added, averaging roughly 98,152 votes per minute.
According to various media reports, casting a vote at some centres took between 1.5 and 3 minutes. Yet the time-based statistics show that turnout increased at an unusually rapid rate between 11:00 a.m. and noon.
The overall vote count presented by the Election Commission does not match the reality reported across the country—empty polling stations, inactive booths, and absent voters. Among roughly 86,000 eligible prisoners, only about 5,000 voted (about 3%). Among an estimated 15 million expatriate voters, about 500,000 voted (around 7%). In this context, the claim of nearly 60% turnout is not just unrealistic but laughable.
State resources and government machinery were directly used to promote the “Yes” vote. The government itself openly assumed responsibility for campaigning in favour of “Yes.” On the ballot paper, a tick mark beside “Yes” and a cross beside “No” represented a blatant psychological tactic aimed at influencing voters and controlling public opinion. The absence of signatures other than the presiding officer’s on result sheets further indicates a lack of transparency.
Although constituency-wise results of the national election were announced over 18 hours, constituency-level results of the referendum held the same day were not published. The referendum results were released almost five hours after the national election results. This delay, combined with numerical inconsistencies in participation, has created a clear perception of vote rigging among the public.
The delay in publishing referendum results raises a crucial question: did the Election Commission process the data, or did it adjust the data to fit a predetermined process? This question is now being asked across all sections of Bangladeshi society—and it is both relevant and legitimate.
This election did not pave the way for restoring democracy; rather, it has deepened public distrust, skepticism, and political uncertainty. Results declared through a controversial process can never bring stability to a country.
On the eve of voting, 11 February, incidents of violence and clashes occurred in various parts of the country between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami. Reports emerged of weapons recoveries, vote-buying, and arrests. That evening, there were reports of polling centres being seized, ballots being stamped in advance, and other irregularities. In several centres, presiding officers signed result sheets before voting even began. Many voters who went to cast their ballots found that their votes had already been cast. In some places, groups of four or five women were seen stamping ballots together inside private rooms; in others, men were doing so. Hundreds of pre-stamped ballots were recovered. Some centres had multiple polling agents representing the same candidate. Attempts were made the previous night to prepare result sheets and collect polling agents’ signatures in advance.
On election day itself, clashes, crude bomb explosions, centre seizures, ballot snatching, coercion to vote for specific symbols, fake voting, counting irregularities, and even presiding officers stamping ballots for particular candidates were reported nationwide.
During the tenure of the Awami League, the BNP voluntarily boycotted two elections and even announced efforts to resist them through arson and violence, causing loss of many lives. In contrast, the Awami League did not boycott elections; rather, it was illegally banned and forcibly excluded from this one. Even so, the Awami League did not call for violent resistance or destruction. It appealed to the people to peacefully boycott this one-sided election, and the public responded by not turning up to vote. That is why the illegal government of Muhammad Yunus had to inflate turnout figures through manipulation.
Under this illegal Yunus administration, this rigged and one-sided election has robbed people of their voting rights. Therefore, the demand of Bangladesh’s 180 million people today is to annul this voterless, illegal, and unconstitutional election; ensure the resignation of the murderous fascist Yunus; withdraw false cases and release all political prisoners, teachers, journalists, intellectuals, and professionals; lift the suspension imposed on the Awami League’s activities; and restore the people’s voting rights by holding a free, fair, and participatory election under a neutral caretaker government.
Joy Bangla
Joy Bangabandhu
Long live Bangladesh.
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I have already posted about how bad the BD-US trade deal is, but here is a very comprehensive look for anyone who wants to go in depth:
https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/lo ... rnity-suit
https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/lo ... rnity-suit
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This is awesome. In a generation or two, the typically skinny, dark bangladeshis will become obese & perhaps fairer. Not quite like their cousins the TFTA pakis but hopefully a few shades & inches here and there. The beards shall remain strictly henna-colored of course.