A total of 1,441 candidates out of 1,969 who contested the January 7 polls lost their security deposits for failing to secure the minimum required votes.

Bappy announced his wish to follow his senior colleagues and contemporaries such as Ferdous Ahmed and Mahiya Mahi.

“What’s the point of this election?” Its winner has already been predetermined.

The people have to be more alert, assertive, and vocal.

A first-time voter’s dilemma

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

The song titled “Go Vote” has recently been released as a music video on the official Facebook and YouTube channels of the Campaign Advocacy Programme (CAP)

You’ve already met the dummy candidates, aka independents. Now, meet dummy voters.

AL-nominated and AL independent candidates will have enough AL supporters to represent a decent voter turnout.

The ruling Awami League is desperately trying to showcase the polls as inclusive and competitive.

Another election is in the offing, and even though I want to feel excited again, I simply cannot.

As the country is heading towards an exercise that the incumbent is calling an election, it is imperative that we understand what is in the making.

In a dramatic turn of events, popular actress Mahiya Mahi, an independent candidate vying for the Rajshahi-1 (Tanore-Godagari) constituency, finds herself facing a challenging situation after the abrupt cancellation of her nomination letter.

Bereft of the basic rights to assemble and express, let alone protest, the people of Bangladesh are currently bearing the brunt of the coercive apparatuses of the state.

Legitimacy is all about inclusion and participation of voters and parties, and how people view the election. 

Even though transparent, participatory and competitive elections are a constitutional right, the realities today have vitiated those expectations.

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

Politicians must give talks a chance to break stalemate

Without political reconciliations, we're headed for another violent, one-sided election

The only way out of a controversial election is dialogue