Badiul Alam Majumdar

Does our present reservation system really promote the empowerment of women politicians?

It is heartening to see that the media has been preparing statements based on the information in affidavits submitted by the candidates who are running for parliament.

Continued denial of voting and other political and democratic rights is bound to become a very serious threat in the future.

Voters will be deprived of the opportunity to choose from worthy candidates in a one-sided election.

A number of controversial decisions, actions and statements of the EC itself has put it in this situation.

It is clear that the 15th Amendment was neither legitimate nor constitutional, as no referendum was held before its passage.

The elections to Barishal and Khulna city corporations held on May 12, 2023 cannot be considered free, fair and credible, as they were non-competitive.

It must be recognised that the election is not a one-day phenomenon – it is a process involving multiple interrelated steps

The most common question that people are asking these days is: will the upcoming general election be free and fair?

The 15th Amendment did not have the support of the major opposition.

As citizens, we have been largely deprived of many rights, including our right to exercise franchise. Not only that, our politics is now under massive strain as a result of the attempts of the political parties to uproot their respective rival parties over the years.

All our institutions are crumbling because of politicisation, inefficiencies, and corruption.

In order to make the next general election an acceptable one, the EC must evolve beyond the use of CCTV cameras.

What the suspension of Gaibandha-5 by-poll really means

The just completed Cumilla City Corporation election was a “test case” for the newly formed Awal Commission.

In a recent press briefing, Justice Obaidul Hassan, chair of the Search Committee for the Election Commission (EC), confirmed their decision not to disclose the names of the 10 individuals they will recommend to the president to constitute the new EC.

In his famous Gettysburg Address of 1863, Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

On January 27, after much debate, drama and blame game, the Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2022 was passed in parliament.

The elections of 1,198 union parishads (UPs) were held in two phases. We have noticed five notable features in these elections.

The infection rate and deaths from the coronavirus have been increasing after the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. On June 26 the infection rate was 22.50 percent (with 4,334 cases) and there were 77 Covid-related deaths, fuelled by the Indian Delta variety, which is a lot more infectious and deadly.