The fact that a fair and impartial election is not possible under the ruling party’s government has become clear once again.
Who will form the opposition is still a matter of speculation.
Has any political party ever displayed responsible behaviour?
The ruling party should stop organising parallel programmes and fuelling confrontation.
How should we view these elections in light of the upcoming national elections?
Shrugging off its moral obligation with unpalatable comments will not add to the cause of gaining public trust.
The next few months are perhaps going to be the toughest test for Awami League’s resilience in recent history.
So who determines what is ‘required’ to ensure that welfare?
The foreign diplomats appear to have become more active with the 12th parliamentary election less than a year away.
The recent by-polls represent the state of democracy in our country fairly accurately.
The streets belong to the working class and they are the ones who will decide the future of the country.
The ruling party is trying to fend off a persistent BNP campaign that, for the first time in many years, has managed to gain some public sympathy.
All our institutions are crumbling because of politicisation, inefficiencies, and corruption.
Ahead of the general election next year, it is likely that there will be political unrest, social instability and turmoil.
The government is taking measures to snip out people who, they believe, have relations with the opposition or may somehow favour the opposition in the times of election.
The ruling Awami League and the BNP have once again started rallying lesser and sometimes even completely unknown political parties to form alliances.
The Awami League-led Bangladesh government failed to bring neighbouring leading nations and the United Nations together in resolving the Rohingya crisis, BNP alleges.
