bangladesh elections
What’s next for US policy in Bangladesh?
South Asia Institute Director Michael Kugelman offers his insights
Can we trust the EC at all?
The EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.
Are we listening to the young people?
They must be able to enjoy the benefits of a functioning democracy
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our political culture – you reap what you sow
Our people, but for whose hard work, sacrifice, and love for the country we would not have come where we have, deserve better.
Column by Mahfuz Anam / ‘We will do whatever is required for the welfare of the people’
So who determines what is ‘required’ to ensure that welfare?
The long march to a level-playing field
Opposition parties must be allowed to hold peaceful political activities.
Puzzling maths
Every month, a union parishad chairman gets only Tk 1,575 as honorarium from the government. He gets another Tk 2,000 from his UP. During his five-year-tenure, he would receive around Tk 2.14 lakh. He does not get any other pay and perks.
UP Election: Last Phase / Deadliest polls end, taking four more lives
The staggered union parishad elections, the deadliest in the country's electoral history, ended yesterday with four more lives lost in polls violence.
MP assaults polls official
The Election Commission has decided to file a case against ruling Awami League lawmaker Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury for allegedly assaulting an upazila election officer in Chittagong yesterday.
12 die in deadliest phase of UP polls
It was the deadliest phase of the ongoing polls to union parishads. At least 12 people, including two school-goers and two candidates, were killed in violence during yesterday's fifth-phase voting that was also marked by various irregularities.
717 UPs go to polls today in 5th phase
Some 717 unions of 45 districts will go to polls today in the fifth phase against the backdrop of deadly violence during electioneering
Independents, rebels lobby for fair polls
As an independent chairman candidate in the ongoing Union Parishad polls, she does not want any extra favour; rather her
2 more killed in Bangladesh UP polls violence
Two more people, who were critically injured in violence over the fourth phase of the union parishad polls held on Saturday, died yesterday.
Ominous sign
The ongoing Union Parishad polls have become the bloodiest election in Bangladesh history.
