Our failure to defend Hero Alom points only to our intellectual bankruptcy

The two instances provide somewhat of an indication as to how the Election Commission will be handling voting in the 300 constituencies.

Hero Alom may have been ostracised by our political and cultural elites, but he has a huge fan base among the poor and working class.

BNP to some extent and AL to a far greater extent have changed Bangladesh. Can’t we expect them to change themselves, even a bit?

The rigid positions of AL-BNP will only lengthen the political deadlock

Eid has always been a singular occasion for mass campaigns. Aspiring electoral candidates seize the opportunity to meet their voters in their constituencies amid festivities

How did he get away with it for so long?

Jamaat-e-Islami, one of the largest fundamentalist parties in Bangladesh, was recently allowed to hold a public meeting in Dhaka after almost a decade.

There’s no reason to believe the current EC has either the will or the ability to act independently

Proposed curbing of EC’s power sends a wrong message at the wrong time

Infighting within the party has grown over the years, leading to the Awami League becoming its own rival at the grassroots level.

The BNP now plans to focus on one point: resignation of the Awami League government.

The US state department has said that it was “heartened” that the Bangladesh government welcomed its decision to impose visa restrictions on those who undermine the democratic election process in Bangladesh.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said yesterday that the new visa policy announced by the US government "does not bother" the government of Bangladesh as authorities are "committed" to holding a free and fair election

A fair election will require much more than token initiatives

TDS: You had not been involved in active politics. Do you think the electoral battle is going to be tough for you?

TDS: The BNP has boycotted the election, and you are the ruling party candidate. How confident are you about winning?

The BNP will go tough on its leaders and activists who will run for councillor in the city polls and those who will patronise them.

The upcoming city elections are likely to be less challenging compared to those of 2013 and 2018.

Barishal dominated the talks when the ruling Awami League’s  nomination board sat on Saturday to pick mayoral candidates for five cities.