Badiul Alam Majumdar, one of the five writ petitioners challenging the 15th amendment, expressed satisfaction with the High Court’s verdict yesterday declaring two articles of the act -- regarding the abolition of the non-partisan caretaker government system -- unconstitutional and nullified.
Return of caretaker system could ensure free and fair elections
The interim government’s stated goal of establishing a liberal democracy may be overly idealistic given Bangladesh’s current social and political landscape.
We may have seen the fall of one fascist regime, but have we truly eradicated fascism itself?
Bangladesh’s interim government (IG) has taken critical steps towards stabilising the country and signalling a new direction.
Bangladesh needs economic growth, the order of institutionalisation, the rule of law, and values to be a successful democracy.
In this new era, we have a chance to redefine what it means to be Bangladeshi.
Bangladesh can synthesise a governance model that works for its people—Boishamma Birodhee Jonogan (BBJ).
The test of a country’s stability is to what extent it can remain insensitive to any sort of change of government or leadership.
It is a matter of great misfortune, as well as of disappointment and uncertainty, that democracy in Bangladesh is practically absent now.
Urging Awami League leaders and activists to remain united, lawmaker Shamim Osman today (August 23, 2022) said the country will not be livable if anything happens to Prime Minister and party president Sheikh Hasina.
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
The political division regarding how to deal with the attack on the US Capitol Building does not augur well for democracy in the US. What does this tell us about the fate of democracy in the world?
A bipartisan group of six influential US Congressmen has voiced concern over the status of democracy in Bangladesh and called upon the Trump administration to address “threats to democracy” in the country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says democracy in Bangladesh is now well-protected and the country has earned the capability to face any disaster.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, once again, calls for national unity to restore democracy in the country through forcing the arrangement of the upcoming general election under a neutral administration.
Bangladesh is among five countries that no longer meet minimum standards for democracy and are now under autocratic rule, German-based think-tank Bertelsmann Stiftung said in a report published yesterday.
Bangladesh moves eight notches down in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy Index-2017, and the country's score on the state of democracy has also dropped compared to 2016.
The BNP alleges that the ruling Awami League government is reinstating “old Baksal in new form” killing the country’s hard earned democracy.
