The government has heavily invested in purchasing surveillance equipment and enhancing the capacities of various agencies to use them over the years, but it hasn't shown an iota of the same interest in what should have been its priority protection of citizens’ data
The wave of momentum that the BNP rode on leading up to their rally on December 10 last year and its immediate aftermath seems to have fizzled out. The party leadership is clearly uncertain about the next course of action as the next parliamentary elections draw closer.
Regaining public confidence and trust in the Election Commission, which have been systematically destroyed by two previous commissions, is undoubtedly a tough task. Unfortunately, it seems the current EC, too, is failing us miserably.