Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল Bāŋlādeś Jātīyatābādī Dal, BNP) is the most popular political party of Bangladesh . It was founded on September 1 , 1978 , by former president Ziaur Rahman . The party ruled the country five times. The party's chair is Begum Khaleda Zia , the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Currently, it is in power with a two-thirds majority in the national parliament . In the 2001 elections the BNP and its allies got 47% of the vote, leading to 215 of 300 seats in Parliament. The BNP promotes a right-of-center social policy, and is often accused by its detractors of being too soft on the right-wing segments of the political establishment. The party has often found itself governing the country during times of great challenge to the state. President Ziaur Rahman , during his tenure, reestablished multi-party democracy in Bangladesh. He also gave the country an independent foreign and defense policy, and moved away from the pro-Indian positions that the previous administration had espoused. The country embarked on market liberalization during the BNP tenure in 1991-96, trying to move away from its state-planned economy to a more capitalist and efficient system. During their latest tenure, they have had to counter concentrated efforts to paint the country as a hotbed of Islamic tradition, and defend Bangladesh's long-cherished tradition as a moderate, Muslim democracy.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( , transliterated : Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dôl ), often abbreviated as BNP , is one of the two the largest political parties of Bangladesh . The BNP was founded as a centre-right liberal democratic party. It was established on September 1, 1978 during the regime of Ziaur Rahman . It has ruled Bangladesh for a total of 14 years and three terms since its birth (1978–1982, 1991–1996, 2001–2006). During the early 1990s, the BNP administration oversaw liberalization of the Bangladeshi economy, mirroring trends in India and Pakistan . The BNP has been led by Khaleda Zia since 1983, the widow of Ziaur Rahman . Her son Tarique Rahman emerged as an influential force within the party in 2001 and is currently serving as its Senior Vice-Chairperson. The student wing of the party is the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal . In 2014, the BNP boycotted the general election and thus won no representation in the parliament.

Centre-right political party in Bangladesh founded in 1978 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( ; abbreviated BNP ) is one of the major political parties of Bangladesh . It was founded on 1 September 1978 by former Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman after the Presidential election of 1978, with a view to uniting the people with nationalist ideology of the country. Since then, the BNP won the second, fifth, sixth and eighth national elections and two Presidential elections in 1978 and 1981. The party also holds the record of being the largest opposition in the history of parliamentary elections of the country, with 116 seats in the seventh national election of June 1996 . It has currently 9 MPs in parliament after 2018 national election .

Political party in Bangladesh The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( ; abbreviated as BNP ) is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh . It was founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman , after the presidential election of 1978, with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology. Following Rahman's assassination in 1981, his widow, Khaleda Zia , took over leadership of the party and presided as chairperson until her imprisonment, in 2018. Since then, Tarique Rahman, the son of Rahman and Zia, has served as acting chairperson and has run the affairs of the party from London. Since its creation, the BNP has won the 1979 and 1981 presidential elections as well as the 1991 , 1996 , and 2001 general elections, respectively. Governments formed under the semi-presidential system were led by Ziaur Rahman, and the parliamentary republics were led by Khaleda Zia, who served as Prime Minister. The party holds the record of being the largest opposition in the history of parliamentary elections of the country, with 116 seats in the seventh national election of June 1996 . It currently has 7 MPs in parliament following the 2018 general election . BNP and its student wing was the driving force in the 1990 uprising against the autocratic Ershad rule that culminated in the fall of the regime and the restoration of democracy in Bangladesh. Begum Khaleda Zia , who served as the party's chairperson from 1983, was elected as the first woman Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the second female Prime Minister of a Muslim majority country after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto . Begum Khaleda Zia is the chairperson of the party, with Tarique Rahman as the senior vice-chairman and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the secretary-general. "Bangladesh: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), including its structure, leaders, membership and membership documents, factions, associated organizations and activities; treatment of members and supporters by authorities" . 31 August 2015. "Bangladesh election: Voters prepare to go to polls amid 'atmosphere of fear' for opposition activists" . Politics in Bangladesh has been dominated for years by the rivalry between Ms Hasina's centre-left, socially and economically liberal Awami League and the more right-wing BNP with Begum Zia at its helm. প্রতিনিধি, বিশেষ. The Daily Star: Bangladesh's Islamist opposition too seems to be on an overdrive to belittle Hasina whenever she is on a visit to India. But these high-pitch allegations ring hollow . 9 September 2022. "BNP to hold countrywide protest movement today condemning Nayapaltan clash, arrest of its leaders" . The meeting was presided over by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman(...)Tarique and his wife Zubaida Rahman have been living in London since 2008. Archives of Women's Political Communication .

Political party in Bangladesh The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( Bengali : বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল , romanized : Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dal ), popularly abbreviated as BNP ( [ˈbijenpi] ), is a major political party in Bangladesh . It was founded on 1 September 1978 by President Ziaur Rahman , with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology. Later, the BNP emerged as one of the two traditionally dominant parties in Bangladesh, along with its rival, the Awami League . Known as the "Party of the Freedom Fighters of the Battlefield" during its establishment, the BNP was founded by Ziaur Rahman after the presidential election of 1978 and remained in its leadership until his assassination in 1981. Following Rahman's assassination, his widow, Khaleda Zia , took over leadership of the party and presided as chairperson until her imprisonment, in 2018. Since then, Tarique Rahman , the son of Rahman and Zia, has served as acting chairperson and has run the affairs of the party from London . Since its creation, the BNP has won the 1979 election and 1981 presidential election as well as the 1991 , February 1996 and 2001 general elections. Ziaur Rahman-led governments formed under the semi-presidential system and the parliamentary republics were led by Khaleda Zia, who served as prime minister . Begum Zia, who served as the party's chairperson from 1983, became the first woman prime minister of Bangladesh and the second female prime minister of a Muslim-majority country after Pakistan 's Benazir Bhutto . The party holds the record of being the largest opposition in the history of parliamentary elections of the country with 116 seats in the general election of June 1996 . Begum Khaleda Zia is currently the chairperson of the party, with Tarique Rahman as the acting chairman and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the secretary-general. The party tends to consulate votes based on complete independence of Bangladeshi territory and a mix of Bengali and Islamic customs. It is often known to be pro-global with being very pro- China or pro- Southeast Asia and pro- Middle East to capture markets on foreign investment and remittance. "Bangladesh: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), including its structure, leaders, membership and membership documents, factions, associated organizations and activities; treatment of members and supporters by authorities" . 31 August 2015. The Daily Star: Bangladesh's Islamist opposition too seems to be on an overdrive to belittle Hasina whenever she is on a visit to India. But these high-pitch allegations ring hollow . 9 September 2022. [BNP is loosing political character!]. "BNP to hold countrywide protest movement today condemning Nayapaltan clash, arrest of its leaders" . The meeting was presided over by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman(...)Tarique and his wife Zubaida Rahman have been living in London since 2008. Archives of Women's Political Communication . "Zia: The hero in Bangladesh's history" . 3 June 2023 . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).