Following autocracy's fall, debates on the constitution, elections, & democracy intensify, echoing Abul Mansur Ahmad's insights.
The July Revolution of 2024 marks Bangladesh's shift toward deliberative democracy.
The Daily Star analysis of 25 political parties
Standing on the isthmus of change, we must avoid any form of myopia.
The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam's appeal to the ‘new generation leaders’
Democracy cannot operate as a simple majority steamroller, as we also saw in the early days of our independence.
The idea of dedicating a day to promote harmony and peaceful coexistence—a day that fosters diversity, justice, and understanding across borders, cultures, and beliefs—seems promising in theory.
Dissent in Bangladesh has been met with hostility, with individuals being labelled as traitors or enemies of the state for expressing opposing views.
The euphoria of August 5, and the momentous days leading up to it, especially since July 15, are now being overshadowed by a cloud of uncertainty.
Why should two political parties of the same nation receive polar opposite treatments?
We should be concerned about the deployment of surveillance tech without any judicial oversight
This election year, the question that will inevitably come to the fore is of how successful AL has been in keeping its promises.
A consensus among political parties is essential for holding a good election.
The political culture that has been bred in the country by the ruling party is one of impunity, where party members are, directly or indirectly, encouraged to violently suppress dissenting voices. The slapping of Inamul Haque is merely a result of that attitude.
It is imperative that we pay respect to him but what we need to recall is what was written on his bare chest and back, writes Ali Riaz.
Probably on account of my last two articles on Covid and dengue, someone thought I was a doctor.
All our institutions are crumbling because of politicisation, inefficiencies, and corruption.
Recent mass gatherings mobilised by BNP signal a change in their strategy
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.
