After the 10 December (2022) direct action programme proved largely abortive, BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) has lost face to such an extent that they are hardly likely to go for similar programmes soon. Now, they are trying to save their face otherwise by placing before the nation a whole slew of reforms aimed at, as BNP puts it, repairing ...
Barrister Shah Ali Farhad: Like many developing countries across the world, Bangladesh has been hit hard by the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Compared to many of its neighbours, however, the South Asian nation was able to handle the first, and still ongoing, public health crisis quite well. So far, the country has fully vaccinated ...
Dr Pranab Kumar Panday: Putting Tarique Rahman’s photo on media cards — for journalists covering BNP’s Rajshahi rally on Saturday — seemed to have backfired. This outright rejection by journalists points to a larger roadblock that speaks of a leadership crisis in BNP. Meanwhile, low turnout despite the much-hyped pledg...
Dr. Rashid Askari: Conspiracies against Sheikh Hasina both as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the daughter of the Father of the Nation are not new. She had survived the cruellest 1975 August conspiracy by sheer luck. But after her father’s assassination, everything seemed to have conspired to make her life a misery. She is still haun...
Dr Pranab Kumar Panday: Recent months have seen the political climate in Bangladesh shift toward an election year. Both the ruling and opposing parties have resumed their regular election-time operations. The progress made over the past 14 years is being presented to the public on behalf of the ruling party. The opposition parties have also...
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