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.
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).
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said no powerful country could interfere in the January 7 national election as India stood beside Bangladesh.
Who will form the opposition is still a matter of speculation.
"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 EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.
Can anyone be blamed for concluding that the EC is partisan and incapable of performing impartially and independently?
With the elections just four months away, there are hardly any campaigns.
National election Bangladesh: As the election is getting nearer, the possibility of a nightmarish pre-election period is driving fear and panic among the people.
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.
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).
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said no powerful country could interfere in the January 7 national election as India stood beside Bangladesh.
Who will form the opposition is still a matter of speculation.
"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 EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.
Can anyone be blamed for concluding that the EC is partisan and incapable of performing impartially and independently?
With the elections just four months away, there are hardly any campaigns.
National election Bangladesh: As the election is getting nearer, the possibility of a nightmarish pre-election period is driving fear and panic among the people.
The proportional system can ensure the robust presence of contending political parties in parliament and thus allay the fear of becoming marginalised.
