City polls

The EC can't ignore low voter turnout

Absence of main opposition remains the biggest challenge

Lead-up to the elections just got interesting

Although this new US visa policy is proving expedient, it would not be wise to believe that the country is intent on fostering democracy in Bangladesh.

Draft RPA (amendment) 2023 / Setting rules of the game without parties’ consent may prove unwise

It is quite intriguing how the RPA amendment can be so accommodating to defaulters who are desperate to gain political power.

Trouble brewing in AL’s backyard

It appears, then, that the Awami League’s bold rhetoric of development and prosperity, transparency and good governance, and fostering democracy is rendered hollow by its own partymen – unwittingly or not.

BNP has lost its momentum

Just as BNP was about to come up with fresh programmes, Ramadan arrived, rendering all politics to the confines of the iftar table.

BNP goes for all-out boycott of five city polls

The BNP will go tough on its leaders and activists who will run for councillor in the city polls and those who will patronise them.

Attack on journalist on city polls day: accused remanded

Sumon, a crime reporter at Agami News, was attacked while taking photos of a gathering of Awami League activists in Rayerbazar area on Dhaka city corporation election day.

Editorial / Three city polls replicate the previous two

While we are happy that the three city mayoral elections have come to an end with little violence, they were, as we had feared, simply the iteration of the Khulna and Gazipur polls. They bear nearly all the hallmarks—from ballot stuffing to expelling election agents—of a heavily manipulated election.

AL upbeat, BNP apprehensive

Voting in Barisal, Sylhet and Rajshahi city corporations begins this morning with all the mayoral candidates except for the ones from the Awami League casting doubt about fair polls amid arrests and harassment of their supporters.

June 11, 2023
June 11, 2023

The EC can't ignore low voter turnout

Absence of main opposition remains the biggest challenge

June 5, 2023
June 5, 2023

Lead-up to the elections just got interesting

Although this new US visa policy is proving expedient, it would not be wise to believe that the country is intent on fostering democracy in Bangladesh.

May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023

Setting rules of the game without parties’ consent may prove unwise

It is quite intriguing how the RPA amendment can be so accommodating to defaulters who are desperate to gain political power.

May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023

Trouble brewing in AL’s backyard

It appears, then, that the Awami League’s bold rhetoric of development and prosperity, transparency and good governance, and fostering democracy is rendered hollow by its own partymen – unwittingly or not.

April 28, 2023
April 28, 2023

BNP has lost its momentum

Just as BNP was about to come up with fresh programmes, Ramadan arrived, rendering all politics to the confines of the iftar table.

April 27, 2023
April 27, 2023

BNP goes for all-out boycott of five city polls

The BNP will go tough on its leaders and activists who will run for councillor in the city polls and those who will patronise them.

February 6, 2020
February 6, 2020

Attack on journalist on city polls day: accused remanded

Sumon, a crime reporter at Agami News, was attacked while taking photos of a gathering of Awami League activists in Rayerbazar area on Dhaka city corporation election day.

August 1, 2018
August 1, 2018

Three city polls replicate the previous two

While we are happy that the three city mayoral elections have come to an end with little violence, they were, as we had feared, simply the iteration of the Khulna and Gazipur polls. They bear nearly all the hallmarks—from ballot stuffing to expelling election agents—of a heavily manipulated election.

July 30, 2018
July 30, 2018

AL upbeat, BNP apprehensive

Voting in Barisal, Sylhet and Rajshahi city corporations begins this morning with all the mayoral candidates except for the ones from the Awami League casting doubt about fair polls amid arrests and harassment of their supporters.

July 29, 2018
July 29, 2018

Last Day's Campaign: Outsiders flout rules in 3 cities

Defying a ban on their stay in the city corporation areas going to polls tomorrow, outsiders campaigned for the Awami League's mayoral candidates in the three cities on the last day of electioneering yesterday.

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