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Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladeshi nationalism / conservatism

Logo of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

The main opposition to the Awami League. Advocates a Bangladeshi rather than Bengali national identity, market liberalisation, and a larger public role for Islam.

Founded
1978
Positions as of
2023 thirty-one point programme
Last verified
01

What does it believe?

  • Nation and the world

    Defines national identity as Bangladeshi and territorial rather than Bengali and linguistic, a deliberate contrast with the Awami League.

  • Power and its limits

    Campaigns for a neutral caretaker government to administer elections, abolished by constitutional amendment in 2011.

02

Where it sits on each dimension

Wealth and inequality

60

Evidence: Documented

The state in the economy

62

Evidence: Documented

Personal liberty

48

Evidence: Documented

Tradition and change

32

Evidence: Documented

Nation and the world

82

Evidence: Well documented

Religion and the state

66

Evidence: Well documented

Power and its limits

52

Evidence: Documented

Sources

Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.

  • Outline of the State Structure Repair: 31 Point Programme · Bangladesh Nationalist Party · 2023
  • Constitution of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party · Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Logo: BNP logo.png · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons.