politics in Bangladesh

Rajshahi rally: Bogura BNP men allege police obstruction

Bogura BNP leaders and activists today alleged that they faced obstructions from police on the way to Rajshahi to attend the party's divisional rally tomorrow..Around 300 motorbikes carrying party leaders and activists were stopped by law enforcers on Bogura-Naogaon Highway in Dupchanchia
2 December 2022, 08:20 AM

December 10 rally: Govt, BNP at odds over venue

The government and the BNP appear to be on a collision course over the venue of the latter’s much-talked about December 10 Dhaka rally as neither would budge on its stance.
30 November 2022, 01:00 AM

Quader must not be in JP decision making

A Dhaka court yesterday said the injunction barring Jatiya Party chief GM Quader from making any political decision of the party would remain in force.
17 November 2022, 02:00 AM

No more dirty tactics before election

AL must stop obstructing the opposition’s right to free assembly
28 October 2022, 16:34 PM

Is BNP emerging as a worthy opposition?

Recent mass gatherings mobilised by BNP signal a change in their strategy
24 October 2022, 11:54 AM

Ali Riaz’s ‘More than Meets the Eye’ and a writer’s responsibility

Writers and intellectuals are obligated to stir moral indignation at gross injustices and the plight of the masses.
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Shouldn’t student bodies be led by students?

Creating new political leadership will be a distant dream otherwise
18 June 2022, 13:39 PM

What gives BCL the right to attack anyone?

DU mayhem puts it at odds with PM’s directive
25 May 2022, 11:11 AM

Zia, Ershad formed BNP, JP to legitimise seizing power illegally: Joy

The track record of illegally seizing state power cost the legitimacy of the opposition parties, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said, condemning the parties for their lack of involvement with democracy.
23 April 2022, 07:09 AM

AL heading towards ‘dynastic politics to establish one-party state’: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the ruling Awami League is heading towards the path of “dynastic politics with an aim to materialise a one-party state” in the country.
4 January 2020, 12:46 PM

Is Bangladesh politics heading for a deadlock?

One thing certain about politics in Bangladesh is that it has an evolving order in the midst of an emerging chaos. If closely observed, it's right now abiding by Newton's first law of motion. The object at rest stays at rest, while the object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction. One of the assumptions of the law of inertia is that it doesn't change unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
25 August 2016, 18:00 PM