Shakhawat Liton

The government's latest legislative move has made bureaucrats happy.

The LGRD Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain deserves thanks as he has at least said a few words about something seemingly long forgotten--holding election to the zila parishads.

He has built an image of arrogance for himself and remained at the centre of many controversies.

A few days back Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demonstrated her political sagacity by rethinking her decision of making Syed Ashraful Islam a minister without portfolio.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has demonstrated political sagacity by reversing her decision on making Syed Ashraful Islam a minister without portfolio.

The latest move to provide civil servants with legal shield from criminal cases filed while discharging their official duties has exposed once again the

The unenviable situations that veteran politicians Syed Ashraful Islam and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir find themselves in is unprecedented in the country's politics since the restoration of parliamentary democracy in 1991.

Instead of holding out hope of a way out of the crisis the BNP is in, a suddenly called meeting has caused fresh resentment in the party

Journey of the country's parliamentary democracy began with an astounding record of lawmakers losing their seats.

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has hit the nail on the head.

Running mobile courts through the executive magistrates has become an effective tool for the administration officials to gradually

It was a shivering cold morning on January 10, 1972. Braving the chill, thousands lined the eight-mile route from Delhi's Parade

While her party men were staging demonstration against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in London, BNP chief Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Monday invited Hasina to attend an iftar party she will host in honour of the country's political leaders.

Within a week of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has made a U-turn on her recent stance on India after realising that she could cut no ice with Modi, BNP insiders said.

Is Khaleda Zia doing politics going against the philosophy and ideals of BNP founder General Ziaur Rahman by forging and maintaining electoral alliance with the anti-liberation and fundamentalist force Jamaat-e-Islami?

The ruling Awami League seems to have become dependent on the strategy of its main opponent, the BNP, to carry out its own political activities.

Khaleda Zia seems worried about the present state of democracy in the country. On Sunday she told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that "there is no democracy in Bangladesh" and sought his assistance for the restoration of democracy.

Bangladesh and India are set to redraw their maps through swapping territories and people between them amid a wind of change blowing in their politics, 41 years after the 1974 Indira Gandhi-Sheikh Mujibur Rahman historic pact.

In an effort to keep government employees happy, the finance minister yesterday announced a few proposals in addition to a new pay scale for them from next month.

BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon's claim that their party has never done anti-Indian politics is a complete denial of the truth.