national election bangladesh

For stability, holding the national election should be prioritised

The interim government is not mandated to oversee local elections. Its primary responsibility is to conduct parliamentary elections.

Analysis / Election likely to be earlier than later

Scenarios point towards a December-January election

BNP for polls roadmap in 2 to 3 months

Unless the interim government issues a roadmap to the next election in two to three months, the BNP may take to the streets in March or April next year, say top leaders of the party.

Jan 7 Election: Violence, pre- polls environ undermined its quality

The quality of the January 7 election in Bangladesh was undermined by incidents of state, ruling party and opposition violence, said the US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI).

Jan 7 Polls: If not for India, others would have interfered

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said no powerful country could interfere in the January 7 national election as India stood beside Bangladesh.

The Street View / The quest is for an opposition, not a government

Who will form the opposition is still a matter of speculation.

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."

Can we trust the EC at all?

The EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.

Opinion / Our Election Commission's critical failings

Can anyone be blamed for concluding that the EC is partisan and incapable of performing impartially and independently?

January 30, 2025
January 30, 2025

For stability, holding the national election should be prioritised

The interim government is not mandated to oversee local elections. Its primary responsibility is to conduct parliamentary elections.

January 29, 2025
January 29, 2025

Election likely to be earlier than later

Scenarios point towards a December-January election

November 6, 2024
November 6, 2024

BNP for polls roadmap in 2 to 3 months

Unless the interim government issues a roadmap to the next election in two to three months, the BNP may take to the streets in March or April next year, say top leaders of the party.

March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024

Jan 7 Election: Violence, pre- polls environ undermined its quality

The quality of the January 7 election in Bangladesh was undermined by incidents of state, ruling party and opposition violence, said the US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI).

March 17, 2024
March 17, 2024

Jan 7 Polls: If not for India, others would have interfered

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said no powerful country could interfere in the January 7 national election as India stood beside Bangladesh.

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

The quest is for an opposition, not a government

Who will form the opposition is still a matter of speculation.

November 23, 2023
November 23, 2023

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."

November 19, 2023
November 19, 2023

Can we trust the EC at all?

The EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.

November 7, 2023
November 7, 2023

Our Election Commission's critical failings

Can anyone be blamed for concluding that the EC is partisan and incapable of performing impartially and independently?

September 6, 2023
September 6, 2023

Is it all as calm as it seems?

With the elections just four months away, there are hardly any campaigns.