“The caravan must move on,” published on February 12, 2014

Nds
It means, to keep the caravan going undisturbed, people need to stop giving vent to their feelings. What an extraordinary caravan of democracy!

Seraj Islam
The US Assistant Secretary Nisha Desai pretty much said what was discussed at The Dhaka Forum seminar as if she was one of the participants at the event in the Senate briefing today!

A freedom fighter
These so-called intellectuals were never there when the country needed them. These snowbirds are now lecturing the nation. There was no valid reason for the BNP's not participating in the election. The party is now realising it and majority of the people also think that it was a wrong decision.

Akm Bari
Beautifully written, Mr. Ahsan. In my opinion, democracy would have been in trouble if Sheikh Hasina had caved in to the foreign pressure. Democracy would have been dead if the 'Military,' the master of bureaucrats, had taken over the government like the dictators Zia and Ershad did.
Democracy in Bangladesh is well and healthy. Therefore, the foreign ambassadors must stop meddling in the internal affairs of Bangladesh. If any ambassador does interfere, the government of Bangladesh should declare him or her persona non grata.

Plaintruth
I am not affiliated to any party, I am an ordinary man and I say that January 5 election was a farce. TDS editor Mahfuz Anam says so; millions of Bangladeshis say so. How, Mr Ahsan, did you find any sense in this election? Most importantly, you missed the essential rule of democracy. In a democracy people need to arrive at a consensus through an election participated by all, without which democracy is meaningless and can't function.