Democracy

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) The United States has begun enforcing a 10% global import tariff, marking another sharp turn in an unsettled trade agenda under President Donald Trump. The measure took effect early Tuesday in Washington, following earlier…

By Burhanuddin (Dhaka Bureau) After a decade and a half of street struggles, legal battles, and a history of sacrifice, a massive brigade of former Student Dal (Chhatra Dal) leaders has secured their place in the country’s legislature. In the…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh’s ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has decided to enforce a ‘one family, one candidate’ policy in the allocation of women’s reserved seats in the country’s 13th parliament, a move party leaders say is aimed…

Democrats are riding high in recent polls, but this surge may owe more to the current administration’s missteps than to their own vision. Without a generative, long-term blueprint—like Project 2025 on the right or the Green New Deal—liberal gains risk…

As Bangladesh has constituted a new government under the leadership of  Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after a largely fair and peaceful national election on 12 February 2026, the people of eastern India (the region virtually embraces the poverty stricken country…

by Dimitra Staikou The 2026 national elections in Bangladesh were not merely a parliamentary realignment. They evolved into a social referendum on gender, authority, and the limits of ideological revival within a rapidly transforming Muslim-majority democracy. While the Bangladesh Nationalist…

by Sheikh Mohammad Arif (Dhaka Bureau) Tarique Rahman, Chairman of the BNP, has become the new Prime Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He took his oath on Tuesday (February 17) at the South Plaza of…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh has entered a decisive new phase following the 12 February 2026 general election, which delivered an overwhelming parliamentary majority to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), ending over a decade and a half of…

In a historic political shift in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is returning to state power after a long 20-year hiatus. Following a landslide victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election held on Thursday (February 12), the party is…

by Asif Showkat Kallol ( Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh’s 13th parliamentary election has taken place against the backdrop of political upheaval and historic realignment, with early results indicating that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is poised to secure a commanding majority…