election 2024
Trump wins New Hampshire primary election, Haley vows to fight on
Instead, Trump will become the first Republican to sweep competitive votes in both Iowa - where he won by a record-setting margin eight days ago - and New Hampshire since 1976, when the two states cemented their status as the first nominating contests.
People's loss of faith in elections: To what extent is the EC to blame?
The EC's attempts to portray the election as participatory and fair seem to have been more focused on appearance than on genuine efforts to achieve these goals.
‘Human rights obligations are not an imposition from the outside’
UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan speaks with The Daily Star about the recent general election, shrinking space for dissent, and the pressing need to address human rights concerns in Bangladesh.
The implications for China, the West and India
Powerful countries, far and near, have shown active interest in Bangladesh’s election and have been polarised in a rather peculiar fashion
An election more in form than in substance
Serious challenges lie ahead
When will the politics of burning people alive end?
Why haven't our law enforcers been able to identify those responsible for these arson attacks?
The guilt that comes with voting at a farcical election
A first-time voter’s dilemma
How to check election results online on the EC app
Bangladesh Election Commission Secretariat has released the 'Smart Election Management BD' app, which is intended to help voters to stay updated online. Voters can see their polling centres and their addresses, voter numbers, and voting serial numbers by providing NID information and birth date in the designated sections of the app.
Economy hangs in the balance as Awami League hangs on to power
Despite decades of sustained GDP growth and improvements in social indicators, Bangladesh’s economy is now on a fragile footing.
What is the election app and how to use it?
Officially announced on November 12 by the Bangladesh Election Commission, the ‘Smart Election Management BD’ app has been recently released for public use. Intended to help voters identify their voting centres and stay updated with polls-related information, you can now sign up in the app using your NID information and phone number.
The MP craze
"Every scoundrel wants to be a poet; ants are hell-bent on flying / The jungle's tusked boars lay claim to the highest throne."
The fog before the election
While the prime minister is unofficially on her campaign trail, the opposition camp is on the run.
Election will be halted in case of voting irregularities: CEC
'If irregularities occur across the entire country, there will be no election. Elections will be halted nationwide and will be held again. If irregularities are identified at a specific polling centre, voting there will be stopped, and it will be rescheduled,' says Habibul
Stakes too high not to reach consensus
The ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP remain at odds over the polls-time administration.
If polls spoiled from outside, people will impose sanctions: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said if the election is spoiled from outside the country, people of Bangladesh will impose sanctions
AL's counter-programmes reveal its own insecurities
Announcing counter-programmes on the same day as the BNP, and often at a venue close to the BNP’s, raises the possibility of tension at best and outright violence at worst.
Two by-polls, 29 years apart – yet so similar?
After around three decades, if we look back at that fateful by-election of Magura, we would realise that the situation has not changed much.
US to focus on polls atmosphere
There was a lot of interest in US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Donald Lu's visit to Dhaka. Before leaving early yesterday, he held a series of meetings with the top ministers, labour rights, and civil society leaders. What were the discussions and outcomes? Lu shared with Porimol Palma in detail.
2023 will be the year of inflation and financial turpitude
While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer