JSD

Two allies of Bangladesh’s anti-fascism joint movement will skip a dinner hosted by Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman in honor of coalition partners on Monday evening, citing political grievances and dissatisfaction with the government. The two parties are Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Islam Bangladesh. Both have already informed BNP of their decision not to attend the event at the state guest house Jamuna, where a long-awaited meeting between the p...

In just a year, two of Bangladesh's best-known leftist parties, the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and the Workers Party of Bangladesh, 3have undergone a dramatic political shift, moving from the center of power to the political margins. After spending nearly a decade and a half as key allies in the Awami League-led coalition, serving in the Cabinet and maintaining parliamentary representation, both parties are now searching for new organizational strategies to ensure their survival. Th...

The court has sentenced Hasanul Haq Inu, president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), or National Socialist Party, and a former information minister, to 10 years in prison on each of three charges in a ‘crimes against humanity' case linked to the July Mass Uprising. Rejecting the verdict, JSD held a protest rally and demonstration and claimed that the court’s ruling was politically motivated. On Tuesday, the JSD Metropolitan Committee organized a protest procession that started in f...