Claiming that their party's call for boycotting the "unilateral" national election was successful, BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan today congratulated the voters for not going to the polling stations

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

Despite decades of sustained GDP growth and improvements in social indicators, Bangladesh’s economy is now on a fragile footing.

Since voters are reluctant to take part in this election, the ruling party has resorted to such measures.

While every alleyway, street and locality has been adorned with posters, the most impressive promotion of this election is perhaps the innovative and catchy songs that are being played at political stalls, through mikes, moving vans and rickshaws.

BNP's retreat to the back foot amid mass arrests and convictions was as remarkable as it was rapid.

Throughout 2023, we have had the "privilege" of hearing a series of controversial comments from our public figures, mainly politicians.

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

An election without any competition will not be acceptable at home or abroad.

A Dhaka court today rejected bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over assaulting law enforcers in the capital on October 28

Can Bangladesh be rid of the recurring cycle of violence?

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

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.

The BNP failed to reap anything effective from the huge public support that it was able to garner late last year.

Prisoners, migrants, even the deceased get implicated in cases

Bangladesh is now in the depths of both economic and political crises.

Awami League will not accept any change to the election schedule if it crosses the deadline set by the constitution, the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today. Alleging that BNP wants to obstruct the polls, Quader said, "They want to question the election. Now they are openly obstructing, openly taking a stand against the election.

The youths have turned away from politics out of frustration.

With the deadline for submitting nomination papers to the Election Commission only a week away, the BNP now faces two challenges: preventing defection from the party and drawing up fresh programmes to keep the anti-government movement going.

Political parties must find a constructive way to end this impasse