12th parliamentary election Bangladesh
73pc candidates lose security deposits
A total of 1,441 candidates out of 1,969 who contested the January 7 polls lost their security deposits for failing to secure the minimum required votes.
Bappy Chowdhury expresses interest in politics
Bappy announced his wish to follow his senior colleagues and contemporaries such as Ferdous Ahmed and Mahiya Mahi.
The election is not the endgame
“What’s the point of this election?” Its winner has already been predetermined.
Political parties need to behave more responsibly towards the electorate
The people have to be more alert, assertive, and vocal.
The guilt that comes with voting at a farcical election
A first-time voter’s dilemma
The Street View / The quest is for an opposition, not a government
Who will form the opposition is still a matter of speculation.
Mila returns with an election song
The song titled “Go Vote” has recently been released as a music video on the official Facebook and YouTube channels of the Campaign Advocacy Programme (CAP)
Voters without choice are just glorified dummies
You’ve already met the dummy candidates, aka independents. Now, meet dummy voters.
Opinion / Of the AL, for the AL, and by the AL
AL-nominated and AL independent candidates will have enough AL supporters to represent a decent voter turnout.
Will the political deadlock discourage first-time voters?
Another election is in the offing, and even though I want to feel excited again, I simply cannot.
Elections without choice: A leaf out of autocrats’ playbook
As the country is heading towards an exercise that the incumbent is calling an election, it is imperative that we understand what is in the making.
‘No use trying to deter me’: Mahiya Mahi looks to battle setback amid allegations
In a dramatic turn of events, popular actress Mahiya Mahi, an independent candidate vying for the Rajshahi-1 (Tanore-Godagari) constituency, finds herself facing a challenging situation after the abrupt cancellation of her nomination letter.
The flipside of the democracy carnival
Bereft of the basic rights to assemble and express, let alone protest, the people of Bangladesh are currently bearing the brunt of the coercive apparatuses of the state.
A legal but illegitimate election will not serve the people
Legitimacy is all about inclusion and participation of voters and parties, and how people view the election.
Citizens, elections, democracy: The Bangladeshi conundrum
Even though transparent, participatory and competitive elections are a constitutional right, the realities today have vitiated those expectations.
Can we trust the EC at all?
The EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.
No excuse good enough for forgoing dialogue
Politicians must give talks a chance to break stalemate
Polls schedule is not a cut-off point for dialogue
Without political reconciliations, we're headed for another violent, one-sided election
Are we running in circles?
The only way out of a controversial election is dialogue
