Bangladesh elections

After more than a decade, the electoral landscape in Bangladesh has become vibrant as the nation prepares for a highly competitive election. Against the backdrop of a transformed political reality following the 2024 mass uprising, the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary…

By Maynul Hasan Sohel (Dhaka Bureau) Journalists and other stakeholders have stressed the need to ensure journalists’ safety and security, as well as responsible journalism, ahead of the upcoming election. They said that while field-level risks increase for journalists during…

By Dimitra Staikou “Peace requires everyone to be in the circle, wholeness, inclusion,” writes Isabel Allende, encapsulating a fundamental prerequisite for any form of sustainable social peace. In Bangladesh, however, the principle of inclusion is being tested in an increasingly violent…

Recently, six US congressmen wrote a letter to President Biden, demanding ‘appropriate’ measures against the Bangladesh government ahead of the election. The congress members also requested urgent action to stop human rights abuses by prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. The…

There were municipal elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, this past Tuesday and sadly the way the elections were carried out reflected the unfortunate state the nation is in with its locked-horns political situation that has been the status quo for far…

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission Bangladesh’s incumbent regime is forcing the nation to witness a fake ‘general election’, scheduled tomorrow, 5 January 2014. All the opposition parties, except the allies of the ruling regime, have boycotted this…