Politics

Appeal for European Parliament Intervention to Restore Democracy in Bangladesh and Lift the Illegal Ban on the Awami League

An appeal was made for the intervention of the European Parliament to help restore democracy in Bangladesh and to lift the illegal ban imposed...

Is the Shadow of Militancy Returning Under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman? A New Question

Militancy has long been a serious and sensitive issue in Bangladesh’s politics. Recently, allegations about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman having links with militant figures...

The President’s July Charter Order: Illegal and a Betrayal of the Constitution

Muhammad Yunus’s desperate power grab disguised as reform; illegal, exclusionary, and a direct assault on the 1972 Constitution. In a...

A USD 4.1 Billion Hole: Who Will Fill the Gap Left by Yunus?

What the Yunus administration has left behind in Bangladesh’s power sector can scarcely be described as anything less than...

Yunus’s Eighteen Months: How Bangladesh Became a Breeding Ground for Islamic Extremism

When the BBC Bengali went to interview Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani after his release, he said, “ABT never existed.” Rajib...

Ordinance on Party Ban Puts Bangladesh’s Democratic Credentials Under Scrutiny

As Bangladesh’s newly elected government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assumes office, it confronts a significant constitutional...

226 Thousand Crore in Loans, Zero Development: Yunus’s Legacy of Crippling Bangladesh

When Sheikh Hasina left the country, Bangladesh’s total public debt stood at 19.23 lakh crore taka. In just eighteen...

No voters, yet ballots filled. No people, yet results prepared.

This is the clearest proof of an illegitimate election. Kurigram-1 constituency, polling centre no. 171.Total votes: 2,172Votes cast: 2,172 That means...