Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Nationalist Party
বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল
AbbreviationBNP [ˈbijenpi]
Nationalist Party
Governing bodyNational Standing Committee
ChairpersonKhaleda Zia
Vice-ChairmanTarique Rahman (acting chairman)[1]
Secretary GeneralMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
FounderZiaur Rahman
Founded1 September 1978 (46 years ago) (1978-09-01)
Preceded byJatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal
Headquarters80, Bhashani Bhaban, Naya Paltan, Dhaka[2]
NewspaperThe Daily Dinkal
Student wingBangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal
Youth wingBangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubodal
Women's wingBangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal
Trade unionBangladesh Jatiotabadi Sramik Dal
Farmer wingBangladesh Jatiotabadi Krishak Dal
Volunteer wingBangladesh Jatiotabadi Sechchasebak Dal[3]
Clergy wingBangladesh Jatiotabadi Ulama Dal[4]
IdeologyConservatism[5] (Bangladeshi)
National conservatism[6]
Economic liberalism[7]
Political positionCentre-right[a]
National affiliationNone
Former:
Regional affiliationAsia Pacific Democracy Union[19][20]
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Colors  Red   Green
(national colours)[b]
  Sky blue (customary)[19][20][21]
SloganBangladesh Zindabad
("Long Live Bangladesh")
Anthem"Prothom Bangladesh"
("First is Bangladesh")
MPs in the
Jatiya Sangsad		Parliament dissolved
Mayors in the
City Corporations
1 / 1
[c]
Councillors in the
City Corporations		Post dissolved
Chairmans in the
District Councils		Post dissolved
Chairmans in the
Subdistrict Councils		Post dissolved
Election symbol

Sheaf of Paddy
Party flag
Website
bnpbd.org
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, romanized: Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dal,[22] abbreviated as BNP)[22] is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology, BNP later became one of the two dominant parties in Bangladesh, along with its archrival Awami League. Initially a big tent centrist party, it later moved towards more right-wing politics.[23]

Known as the "Party of the Freedom Fighters of the Battlefield",[23] 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.[24]

Since its creation, the BNP has won the 1979 and 1981 presidential elections as well as the 1991, 1996 and 2001 general elections.[25][26][27] Ziaur Rahman-led governments formed under the semi-presidential system and the parliamentary republics were led by Khaleda Zia, who served as prime minister.[28] 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 seventh national election of June 1996.[29]

Begum Khaleda Zia is currently the chairperson of the party, with Tarique Rahman as the senior vice-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.[30]

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