Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar is global vice-president and country director, The Hunger Project, and secretary of Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan). In this interview with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star, he talks about the constitutional obligation of formulating a law to establish the Election Commission and why politicians so far have ignored it.
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Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday ordered making a list of errant and controversial leaders and activists and expelling them from the party, insiders said. She expressed annoyance over the rifts and divisions between leaders of different units and asked the party men to resolve the internal conflicts, or to dissolve the committees concerned. Hasina, also the prime
The Election Commission has postponed polls to 163 union parishads in Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Noakhali, Chattogram and Cox's Bazar districts due to a surge in Covid-19 cases. The election to the rest of 204 union parishads and by-polls to Laxmipur-2 constituency will be held as per schedule on June 21, EC Secretary Humayun Kabir Khandakar said. He made the statement after
The ruling party Awami League will start selling nomination forms for by-polls to parliamentary constituencies of Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3, and Cumilla-5 from Friday. Aspiring candidates will be able to collect the forms from Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's political office in Dhanmondi between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm, the party said in a release. Awami League has also