Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Bangladesh Open to Awami League Reconciliation if It Accepts Responsibility
A Bangladesh government adviser said talking with people who support the Awami League could be a good idea.
He said mediators would need to contact the party's leaders first.
But he also said the party must accept responsibility for its actions.
He said the party's leaders had not shown remorse.
His comments referred to a violent crackdown during protests in 2024.
Those protests led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government.
Hasina left for India after the government fell.
She has said she plans to return voluntarily to face the legal process.
Other leaders of the current government have previously spoken harshly about the Awami League's political future.
Information adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said reconciliation with Awami League activists and supporters could be a good initiative.
He said mediators should contact the party and establish a basis for talks with its top leadership.
Zahed said the party leadership had shown no remorse for its actions, so basic conditions for reconciliation were not yet in place.
He linked the concern to the Awami League government's violent crackdown during the 2024 protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina.
The article says Hasina fled to India after her government fell and later said she would return voluntarily to face legal proceedings.
- Who
- Zahed Ur Rahman, the Bangladesh prime minister's information adviser, and the Awami League.
- What
- Rahman said reconciliation with Awami League activists and supporters could be a good idea, provided the party acknowledges responsibility and a basis for talks is established.
- When
- Tuesday, October 6; the report also refers to comments made on June 23 and events in 2024.
- Where
- Bangladesh.
- Why
- Rahman said the party's leadership had shown no remorse for its actions, which he linked to the crackdown during the 2024 protests.
Reasons to Explore Reconciliation
Conditions and Objections
Whether to begin reconciliation
Reasons to Explore Reconciliation
Rahman said reconciliation with Awami League activists and supporters was not a bad idea and could be beneficial.
Conditions and Objections
Rahman said the necessary conditions were not yet present because the party leadership had shown no remorse.
The party's political future
Reasons to Explore Reconciliation
Rahman said the possibility of reconciliation could be discussed if mediators established a basis through talks with the party's top leadership.
Conditions and Objections
The reports say other BNP leaders have characterized the Awami League as politically irrelevant or as having ruled itself out of the future democratic landscape.
- Official speaking
- Zahed Ur Rahman, the prime minister's information adviser
- Party discussed
- Awami League, described in the reports as now-disbanded
- Proposed first step
- Mediators should reach out to the party and discuss the basis for reconciliation with its top leadership
- Condition cited
- Rahman said the party's leadership had not shown remorse for its actions
- Relevant events
- The 2024 protests and the crackdown by the Awami League government
- Sheikh Hasina
- The reports say she fled to India after her government fell and later said she would return voluntarily to face the legal process
- Political context
- Several BNP leaders had previously described the Awami League as politically irrelevant or ruled out of the future democratic landscape
