Awami League (AL)
Star Interview / Widespread graft was the norm, not exception
The Awami League regime's economic strategy was not always based on equity.
AL activists barred from joining event at Zero Point
Awami League leaders and activists could not hold an event at Zero Point in the capital’s Gulistan yesterday amid strong resistance by students, and activists of different political parties, including the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
Students, BNP activists gather at Noor Hossain Square
BNP activists hand over 3 'Awami League men' to police
How apprehension of AL's comeback is affecting the interim govt
It seems that the apprehension of Awami League's return is haunting the interim government, occasionally affecting its activities and decision-making.
Students to resist AL event today
The student movement against discrimination will hold a mass gathering at Zero Point in the capital’s Gulistan today, demanding trial of the Awami League.
Stop retributive violence in politics
Brutal killing of a Jubo League leader demands scrutiny
$12-15b laundered every year during the AL rule
Between $12 billion and $15 billion was siphoned out of the country every year over the last 15 years, said Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.
Star Interview / AL policy favouring oligarchs dampened economy
The Awami League government favoured the super-rich who controlled capital and laundered the funds aboard, dampening the country’s economy.
‘No place’ for Hasina’s ‘fascist’ party in Bangladesh's politics, Yunus tells FT
He says will not seek exiled leader’s extradition from India before domestic tribunal’s verdict
The AL cannot validate this farce of an election with intimidation
Since voters are reluctant to take part in this election, the ruling party has resorted to such measures.
What comes after January 7?
If AL’s victory in the 2014 election was a hollow one, the 2024 victory in the making is nothing short of a Pyrrhic one—a victory which inflicts so much damage that it cannot be considered worthwhile.
Future lawmakers, or lawbreakers?
Heavy use of plastic in election campaigning raises concerns
The most 'memorable' comments of 2023
Throughout 2023, we have had the "privilege" of hearing a series of controversial comments from our public figures, mainly politicians.
How do we describe the upcoming election?
With the national election still two weeks away, many national and international observers have already termed it as a farce or “staged election.”
A Potemkin election in Bangladesh?
An election without any competition will not be acceptable at home or abroad.
Corrupt candidates will only enable corruption
Gross undervaluation of assets in affidavits raises serious concerns
Politicians’ wealth surge and why nations fail
The unbridled rise of moral hazards that engulf a nation and force it onto the path which leads to all areas becoming massively politicised, resulting in the youth being eager to become politicians for the wrong reasons.
National election strategies for resolving the ‘Conflict Trap’
Can Bangladesh be rid of the recurring cycle of violence?
How to make dissenters out of citizens
Awami League has always found justification in the Nietzschean theory of cultivating or “inventing” enemies