Ninety-nine political parties!

By Ashfaque Mahmud Banani, Dhaka
1 August 2005, 18:00 PM
I am surprised to know that there are as many as 99 political parties in Bangladesh. I think the parties exist in paper only and they have no presence in the political arena.

I don't understand why the Election Commission has undertaken this futile exercise of holding talks with a great number of parities, most of which are dormant.