Political parties need to behave more responsibly towards the electorate
7 January 2024, 14:00 PM
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One more vote, one vote fewer: Why people will and won't go to polls
7 January 2024, 01:00 AM
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What's the civil society's stake in strengthening democracy?
6 January 2024, 11:00 AM
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The price we pay with each deleted word
6 January 2024, 02:00 AM
THE SOUND AND THE FURY
The AL cannot validate this farce of an election with intimidation
5 January 2024, 13:51 PM
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‘All that matters to AL is acquiring power.’
5 January 2024, 02:00 AM
Road to Elections 2023-24
‘Even before the election, there is no question as to who the elected will be.’
5 January 2024, 01:30 AM
Road to Elections 2023-24
A ‘dummy-cratic’ election in democratic Bangladesh?
5 January 2024, 01:30 AM
Road to Elections 2023-24
‘I see no reason to call this an election.’
5 January 2024, 01:00 AM
Road to Elections 2023-24
‘Why would Awami League need to resort to rigging in this scenario?’
5 January 2024, 01:00 AM
Road to Elections 2023-24
How to make dissenters out of citizens
Awami League has always found justification in the Nietzschean theory of cultivating or “inventing” enemies
13 December 2023, 02:00 AM
Separation of judiciary still a far-off dream
The independence of the judiciary in Bangladesh has not yet been realised.
10 December 2023, 02:00 AM
Human rights enjoyment in a red zone?
In almost all cases involving opposition activists, they were found guilty
10 December 2023, 01:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Has BNP served its supporters well?
The BNP failed to reap anything effective from the huge public support that it was able to garner late last year.
7 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Expediency triumphs over principle in electoral politics
It appears that all of the ruling party’s efforts revolve around the next election, not considering longer-term ramifications for itself.
6 December 2023, 03:00 AM
Placing dummies as alternatives disenfranchises voters
We are witnessing an engineered intra-party contest as most of the independents belong to the ruling party.
4 December 2023, 02:00 AM
The flipside of the democracy carnival
Bereft of the basic rights to assemble and express, let alone protest, the people of Bangladesh are currently bearing the brunt of the coercive apparatuses of the state.
3 December 2023, 01:00 AM
Another managed election will be disastrous
Continued denial of voting and other political and democratic rights is bound to become a very serious threat in the future.
2 December 2023, 02:00 AM
A legal but illegitimate election will not serve the people
Legitimacy is all about inclusion and participation of voters and parties, and how people view the election.
1 December 2023, 10:30 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Is Awami League heading towards a Pyrrhic victory?
What image of our legal system are we presenting to the world?
30 November 2023, 19:30 PM
The MP craze
"Every scoundrel wants to be a poet; ants are hell-bent on flying / The jungle's tusked boars lay claim to the highest throne."
23 November 2023, 14:00 PM
We are heading towards another one-sided election
Voters will be deprived of the opportunity to choose from worthy candidates in a one-sided election.
21 November 2023, 02:00 AM
Political violence during election will make economic recovery more difficult
There are some big concerns we must address given the possibility of the political tension permeating our economic domain.
18 November 2023, 03:00 AM
Our fragile economy may be affected
We will have problems mostly with the economy, and the people of the country will suffer from the outcome.
18 November 2023, 01:00 AM
EC must maintain peace on the ground ahead of the election
The outlook for Bangladesh appears grim as the nation once again grapples with a resurgence of violence.
18 November 2023, 00:00 AM
It is now up to the EC to show their responsibility to the nation
If a single party comes to power repeatedly, without any competition, then how meaningful are elections?
17 November 2023, 17:30 PM
Election Commission's burden of a looming non-inclusive election
Has the EC played its due role? Or have its actions—or rather inactions—contributed to the current political crisis?
12 November 2023, 02:00 AM
Why the hasty delivery of 'justice' for opposition members?
The Daily Star spoke to four experts to gauge the real intention behind this sudden speedy operation of the judiciary.
26 October 2023, 01:00 AM
How constitutional is the 15th amendment?
It is clear that the 15th Amendment was neither legitimate nor constitutional, as no referendum was held before its passage.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM
What should an election-time government look like?
An election-time government performs the special task of holding or supervising a national election to ensure smooth transition of state power.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM