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Will Awal listen to the two former Chief Election Commissioners?

Will Awal listen to the two former Chief Election Commissioners?

As the new election commission takes up its duties, an analysis can be made on how the former chief election commissioners Mohammad Abu Hena and ATM Shamsul Huda took up the challenge of conducting ...

Badiul Alam Majumdar

Interview: Badiul Alam Majumdar 'Election Commission must prove itself in action, not words'

Secretary of SHUJAN, Badiul Alam Majumdar, in an interview with Prothom Alo, speaks about the new election commission, its challenges, the way ahead, and more

CEC Kazi Habibul Awal talks to media as other commissioners listens

Did CEC just ‘acknowledge’ the indispensability of caretaker government?

Any person who is a beneficiary of any government is not qualified to be appointed as an election commissioner

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain

Khandaker Mosharraf raises question on IGP’s visit to Germany

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has raised questions on the visit of IGP Benazir Ahmed to Germany

BNP’s focus on polls-time neutral govt, not EC: Gayeshwar

BNP’s focus on polls-time neutral govt, not EC: Gayeshwar

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Wednesday said their party is least bothered about the draft law on the election commission (EC) formation as their main focus is on polls-time neutral ...

Badiul Alam Majumdar

Interview: Badiul Alam Majumdar Whose committee will this search committee actually be?

Unless the law enforcement agencies and the administration play a neutral role, even the strongest election commission cannot hold a good election, says Badiul Alam Majumdar

People with their belongings rush to pass to Pakistan from the Afghanistan border in Spin Boldak on 25 September 2021. Thousands of Afghans trying to escape the misery at home have flocked to their country's southern border with Pakistan, but their attempts to get across have been stopped by the Taliban

Averting a catastrophe in Afghanistan

The clash between the two narratives in the Taliban leadership is not just theoretical. It turned into a physical clash in the first week of September during a meeting to discuss the formation of the ...

Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader.

BNP apprehends big defeat in next election: Quader

Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP's weapon of movement got rusted and their so-called surge in movement has turned into ...

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

There will be no election 'game': Fakhrul

The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) secretary general has said the election must be held under a neutral government and a neutral election commission.

Information minister Hasan Mahmud.

Election held under EC, not govt: Info minister

The minister made the remarks while addressing a meeting marking the 29th death anniversary of former lawmaker principal MM Nazrul Islam at Brajagopal Town Hall in Char Fasson upazila of the district

Agriculture minister Dr Abdur Razzaque.

No more caretaker govt in Bangladesh: Minister

Agriculture minister M Abdur Razzaque on Saturday said there will be no more caretaker or polls-time neutral government in Bangladesh to oversee national elections

Sketch by artist Qayyum Chowdhury of Bangabandhu after being brutally killed

Bangabandhu's killers protected by the Zia, Ershad and Khaleda governments

For around two decades, post-1975, Bangabandhu's killers were involved in various conspiracies against Bangladesh, whether within the country or wherever they were in the world

Backtracking on the aspirations for democracy

Backtracking on the aspirations for democracy

Allegations of rigging in the consecutive elections of 2014 and 2018, curbing freedom of expression, an increase in extrajudicial killings and rendering the judiciary questionable, all indicate just ...

National professor and noted educationist Jamilur Reza Choudhury addresses a national mathematics festival 2018

Jamilur Reza leaves legacy of a life full of activities

We deeply mourn the sudden death of professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury. He had a life replete with various activities. He was smiling, jovial and honest. His life was an example of the meaningfulness ...

National Professor and former adviser to caretaker government Jamilur Reza Chowdhury

National professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury no more

National professor and former adviser to caretaker government Jamilur Reza Choudhury has died.

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