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
On October 11, the Buet VC announced that student and teacher politics would be banned at the university.
A 2009 Homeland Security Department report warned that race-based extremism would become a serious and growing threat to American national security.
During last year’s road safety movement, there was a demand raised by the student demonstrators that touched a chord with a wide cross-section of the population: “repair the state.” T
Marked by many questions, controversies and some degree of violence, the 11th parliamentary election took place on December 30. According to the Election Commission, the overall turnout was 80 percent, while it was less than 46 percent in the six constituencies where EVM was used. Six constituencies had the highest turnout rate of 99 percent.
On October 28, Khaleda Zia was convicted and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
So far, ten parliamentary elections were held in Bangladesh, of which three—the 1988 election during the Ershad regime, the February 15, 1996 election under the BNP government, and the January 5, 2014 election under the Awami League-led Grand Alliance government—were one-sided.
The 11th Parliamentary election is at our doorstep. The election schedule is expected to be declared at the beginning of November and the election to be held at the end of December.
On September 19, 2018, over the vehement objections of civil society and media representatives, the Parliament passed the Digital Security Act, 2018. The concern is that it is a draconian law which will impede freedom of expression, including individual and media freedom.
The recent “student agitation” not only demanded safe roads, but also raised our awareness regarding our state structure, characterised by corruption, repression and injustice.
The year 2018 is one of elections. A total of five city corporation elections are to be held this year, of which elections in Khulna and Gazipur have already been held.
