As Bangladesh seeks to recalibrate its path in the aftermath of recent upheavals, the time is ripe to revisit an oft-invoked but under-examined agenda: institutional reform. Institutions are crucial to understand, as they are foundational for governance, transformation, and economic development.
Implementing the desired reforms in Bangladesh is particularly challenging due to the complexities of political and social realities.
The EC needs assistance from all stakeholders to hold a free and fair election come January.
The recent decision to empower the secretary does not bode well for the Anti-Corruption Commission
An embarrassing stage collapse could well be an ominous sign of the party’s bedrock caving in.
The ruling party is trying to fend off a persistent BNP campaign that, for the first time in many years, has managed to gain some public sympathy.
The rude disobedience shown by the field-level administrators – deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) – to the current Election Commission (EC) has once again shown us what’s wrong at the core of our election management mechanism.
Akbar Ali Khan is no more. His passing leaves a deep chasm in the intellectual firmament of Bangladesh.
Long-delayed Bapex letter exposes poor state of governance
As Bangladesh seeks to recalibrate its path in the aftermath of recent upheavals, the time is ripe to revisit an oft-invoked but under-examined agenda: institutional reform. Institutions are crucial to understand, as they are foundational for governance, transformation, and economic development.
Implementing the desired reforms in Bangladesh is particularly challenging due to the complexities of political and social realities.
The EC needs assistance from all stakeholders to hold a free and fair election come January.
The recent decision to empower the secretary does not bode well for the Anti-Corruption Commission
An embarrassing stage collapse could well be an ominous sign of the party’s bedrock caving in.
The ruling party is trying to fend off a persistent BNP campaign that, for the first time in many years, has managed to gain some public sympathy.
The rude disobedience shown by the field-level administrators – deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) – to the current Election Commission (EC) has once again shown us what’s wrong at the core of our election management mechanism.
Akbar Ali Khan is no more. His passing leaves a deep chasm in the intellectual firmament of Bangladesh.
Long-delayed Bapex letter exposes poor state of governance
The present quota system has been alleged to deprive many meritorious students from getting jobs in the Bangladesh public service. General students all over the country have been protesting it saying this present quota system should be reformed including a reduction in the number of quota-based government jobs, and merit-based recruitment in vacant posts in case of unavailability of eligible candidates for quota-based jobs, and same age limit for all jobseekers.
