This is really an interesting news published in PR Week. Yes, Bangladesh Nationalist Party has hired a US Law Firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman for half a million dollars. Yesterday we saw the interview in the news media that Sajeeb Wajed referred, Awami League does not have ability to spend this huge amount of money. The question: Where has this money come from for BNP? When BNP needs to reform its own party, why do they hire a foreign company? Who's the financier? We're looking for answers.
SAN FRANCISCO: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has hired law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman to manage a range communications intended to promote democratic elections and a democratic government in Bangladesh.
Get weekly news alerts on the consumer, healthcare, or technology industry. Newsletters include news round-ups, features, and jobs tailored to the particular sector.
Under a 12-month, $400,000 contract that began on May 30, Pillsbury or companies under its direction may, among other things, lobby members of Congress and their staffs, international institutions, the media and other "concerned persons" in the US or elsewhere, according to a recent filing with the Justice Department.
Work may entail preparation and dissemination or publication of "informational materials"; setting up press conferences, lectures, and speeches; conducting media and advertising campaigns; and more.
Bangladesh's current military-backed government, which took power in January, has placed BNP leader Kaleda Zia and other former political leaders under house arrest on corruption charges and has said it plans to hold elections by the end of 2008.
No comments:
Post a Comment