He made the remark while European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller paid a courtesy call on him at the commission's office in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area
In its first statement to the people, the National Citizen Party clearly declared a vision for a second republic in Bangladesh.
A large crowd broke into the house premises and looted valuables before setting fire to a motorcycle parked outside
Jamaat-e-Islami is likely to move an application before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking restoration of an appeal challenging a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration with the Election Commission as a political party
Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim has expressed his dismay over the violence regarding students’ quota reform protests, which have already claimed six lives and left hundreds injured across the country in the last two days.
The US government wants an unconditional dialogue among political parties in the country to resolve the political crisis over the upcoming election, US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu has said
The 25th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) went into session today possibly for the final time before the next general election
Protesting the "violence" unleashed by BNP, ruling Awami League and its all front and associate bodies will stage demonstration across the country tomorrow
Rumour is the new buzzword in Bangladesh's political lingo after it was thrust back into the limelight in October when students launched a nationwide movement for road safety. Since then, the government has launched a crusade against rumours, going to great lengths to monitor and suppress them.
Authoritarian governments should consider holding fair elections.” This intriguing comment by Mike Touchton, a professor of political science at Boise State University of Idaho in USA, is certainly worth pondering about. But why should such governments consider doing such a thing? “It just might invite more prosperity,” he explains in an article on the subject.
After much deliberation, the government finally allowed the Oikyafront, the opposition alliance, to organise rallies in both Sylhet and Chittagong.
The civil service bill placed in parliament on Sunday with a provision to shield government employees from arrest by police in cases filed against them on charges of criminal offences committed in connection with their duties, raises question if political memories are really wafer thin.
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.
On July 30, in a massive official drive in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam to segregate “the illegal infiltrators” from legal citizens, a list depriving over four million people of the right to live in the country was made public.
This is a very interesting year for democratic governance in Bangladesh. The national parliamentary elections will be held at the end of 2018. The last national elections, in 2014, was mired in violence and was controversial in many sense.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid again urges the students to back to classes.
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.
Judging from the May 15 election in Khulna, and the Gazipur city corporation election on June 26, five distinct features of a controlled election have emerged.
