Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bhasani)
Bangladesh National Awami Party বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি-বাংলাদেশ ন্যাপ | |
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| Abbreviation | Bangladesh NAP BNAP |
| Chairman | Jebel Rahman Ghaani |
| General Secretary | M. Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan |
| Founder | Shawfikul Ghaani Shawpan |
| Founded | October 2006 |
| Split from | BNP |
| Preceded by | NAP (Bhasani) |
| Headquarters | 85/1, Masjid Gali, Naya Paltan, Dhaka |
| Ideology | Bangladeshi nationalism Socialism (Bangladeshi) |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| House of the Nation | 0 / 300 |
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| Cow | |
| Party flag | |
The Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি) is a political party in Bangladesh. The party traces its origins to a splinter group of the original National Awami Party (Bhashani) led by Mashiur Rahman, better known as Jadu Mia. Mia's NAP faction had merged with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the late 1970s. Mia's son Shafiqul Ghani Swapan founded the modern party in December 2006 splitting from the BNP.