Former chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday told a Dhaka court that the 2024 national election was “dummy and farcical”.
The last DUCSU election took place in 2019, shrouded by accusations of vote-rigging, anomalies, and dominance by BCL.
The interim government is not mandated to oversee local elections. Its primary responsibility is to conduct parliamentary elections.
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.
The amendment of the Representation of the People Order (RPO) comes at a critical juncture when the demand for holding a free and fair election in Bangladesh is getting louder at home and abroad
Proposed curbing of EC’s power sends a wrong message at the wrong time
The US embassy in Bangladesh has issued an alert fearing an escalation of violence ahead of the next national elections and advised its citizens to remain vigilant
Zahangir’s mother, who has never been in politics, is contesting for the mayoral post.
Foreign Minister Momen’s meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony J Blinken was understandably a delicate one.
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.
The BNP wants to make a final push to realise its demand for holding the next general election under a neutral caretaker administration only after the top brass finds the party’s Dhaka city units fully prepared for an all-out movement.
