Bangladesh living costs: How long will these 18 lakh people continue to lead such precarious lives, where they face daily uncertainties about how many meals they and their children can have? About when they can afford to seek medical treatment for their own ailments, as well as those of their loved ones? What haunts them at night?
Bangladesh national elections 2024: To me, the event of January 7 cannot be called an “election” by any definition, let alone “a participatory election.” We all know the arrangements for distribution of seats between the contesting parties were settled amicably beforehand. The election was held in the name of fulfilling a constitutional obligation, which in reality turned out
Bangladesh national elections 2024: The claim that we will rig the election is equally unreasonable. Why would Awami League need to resort to rigging in this scenario? Had BNP participated, concerns about manipulating the outcome to defeat them might have had some logic behind it. But in their absence, and if Awami League doesn’t give seat concessions to any of its allies or
Bangladesh national election 2024: After the election is over, the meaning of democracy will change to mean coercion. People will know for sure that everything can be given legitimacy by abusing power and using force.