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Workers Party of Bangladesh

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President
  
Rashed Khan Menon

Founded
  
1980

Secretary-General
  
Anisur Rahman Mallik

Political position
  
Far-left

Headquarters
  
31/F, Topkhana Road, Dhaka - 1000

Ideology
  
Communism, Anti-Revisionism Marxism–Leninism, Maoism

The Workers Party of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি) is a communist party in Bangladesh.

WPB was founded in 1980 by the Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist), Revolutionary Communist League, Majdur Party and another group. Amal Sen was the founding general secretary.

In 1984 the party split in two factions, both using the name WPB. One group was led by Amal Sen and Nazrul Islam. The other was led by the current president of the party, Rashed Khan Menon. In 1992 they reunited.

WPB is part of the Grand Alliance.

Mass organisations of WPB:

  • Bangladesh Chhatra Maitri (students)
  • Juba Maitri (youth)
  • Jatio Sramik Federation Bangladesh (labour front)
  • Jatio Krishok Somity (peasant front)
  • Nari Mukti Sangsad (women Front)

    • Alliance: Grand Alliance

    References

    Workers Party of Bangladesh Wikipedia
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