The ongoing protest by students and mass people demanding justice has surfaced in a profound democratic void in Bangladesh.
"I think the election that was held in Bangladesh on January 7 this year was the freest, fairest and most neutral since 1975."
Shantanu Majumder, a professor of political science at the University of Dhaka, talks about his thoughts on Bangladesh’s recent national election and its implications on society and opposition parties, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.
Politicians provided a steady supply of obnoxious, potentially title-winning examples
Two polling centres posted a hundred percent voter turnout each in Sunday’s election, while two others recorded a 98 percent turnout, according to Election Commission’s centre-wise data.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina took oath as the prime minister for the fourth consecutive term and formed government with 37 ministers yesterday.
Jatiyo Party Chairman GM Quader today said JP wants to play the role of an opposition party in the 12th parliament formed through the January 7 national election
Powerful countries, far and near, have shown active interest in Bangladesh’s election and have been polarised in a rather peculiar fashion
Bangladesh now has a new government, determined through an election held on January 7 that was described as “controversial" in well-known international press
The absence of democratic behaviour is no longer hidden under the carpet.
The Election Commission today published the gazette notification on the results of the 12th parliamentary election with the names of the newly elected lawmakers
The UK has said that standards of credible and fair competitions were not consistently met during the 12th parliamentary election of Bangladesh
With the unofficial results of the 12th national polls out, the question now is what will the opposition in parliament look like.
BNP will not go for any hartal and blockade-like programmes over the next few days even though the party outright rejected the poll results.
Dhaka district had the lowest voter turnout in Sunday’s election, with only 25 percent vote cast, according to Election Commission data.
Anyone can challenge the percentage of voter turnout in the 12th national polls held yesterday, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said today
'We are committed to further strengthen our enduring and people-centric partnership with Bangladesh,' Modi writes on X
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman GM Quader and Rangpur-3 lawmaker today said the January 7 national election was "not right" but “controlled”, and no one would trust this government
Bangladesh Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh has successfully set an example of holding free, fair and impartial polls through yesterday's general election