Bangladesh politics

Politicians’ wealth surge and why nations fail

The unbridled rise of moral hazards that engulf a nation and force it onto the path which leads to all areas becoming massively politicised, resulting in the youth being eager to become politicians for the wrong reasons.
18 December 2023, 04:00 AM

BNP leader dies in Kashimpur Jail

Death-row convict dies in Kashimpur
1 December 2023, 12:48 PM

Will Khadija’s ordeal end with her release?

The long shadow of DSA continues to haunt victims
20 November 2023, 12:17 PM

Can we trust the EC at all?

The EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.
19 November 2023, 01:00 AM

Polls schedule is not a cut-off point for dialogue

Without political reconciliations, we're headed for another violent, one-sided election
16 November 2023, 13:02 PM

Crackdown, groupthink, and the dialogue that didn’t happen

How many of us really believe that the current laws and institutions in Bangladesh lend the capacity to hold free and fair elections?
15 November 2023, 14:00 PM

Reading Donald Lu’s letter, intently

Is there a connection between India’s clarification of its policy and Lu’s letter?
15 November 2023, 09:06 AM

Dialogue must be on equal footing

Ongoing hostilities to BNP make any success a distant possibility
14 November 2023, 16:40 PM

Why is political disinformation on the rise?

Lack of transparency creates perfect breeding ground for its spread
12 November 2023, 10:47 AM
11 November 2023, 13:15 PM

Are the ‘ghost’ cases fooling anyone?

Arresting people on false charges is gross human rights violation
10 November 2023, 10:03 AM

Mass arrests of BNP activists quite alarming

It does not bode well for the future of democracy
6 November 2023, 11:59 AM

All about fair and unfair elections

The current political uncertainties work out, the road to a fair election appears neither certain nor easy.
3 November 2023, 02:00 AM

Are we doomed to repeat past mistakes?

Politicians owe it to the people to give dialogue a chance
1 November 2023, 16:23 PM

Don’t let Dhaka turn into a battlefield

Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail
27 October 2023, 15:00 PM

Is the youth losing interest in political participation online?

And if they are online so much, do they find political engagement on social media to be safe and useful?
20 October 2023, 05:36 AM

Dialogue is not optional, it’s a must at this stage

Without compromise, there is no democratic way to resolve current stalemate
11 October 2023, 08:00 AM

The pattern of violent confrontation must stop

The ruling party must adopt a more mature and restrained strategy
28 August 2023, 07:32 AM

Is the Awami League worried?

It appears that the ruling party is courting all the powers that matter in Bangladeshi politics.
16 August 2023, 06:01 AM

Violence cannot be the only language of politics

Unfortunately, our history so far shows that major political shifts have only occurred as a result of violent uprisings on the streets.
1 August 2023, 13:10 PM