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2001 post-poll violence: Purnima is...

Purnima is forgotten

Bangladesh

Fri, Oct 8 2021

Government has not taken any step to try the masterminds, attackers

OP-ED: The road to 2023: Working towards...

OP-ED: The road to 2023 polls

Mir Aftabuddin Ahmed

Mon, Oct 4 2021

What future does Bangladesh have when it comes to its democracy?

OP-ED: Out of Africa …

OP-ED: Out of Africa …

Syed Badrul Ahsan

Wed, Sep 29 2021

A survey of the political landscape of the continent of possibilities

OP-ED: Holding the line in Canada

OP-ED: Holding the line in Canada

Esam Sohail

Fri, Sep 24 2021

Justin Trudeau is much more than his critics give him credit for

GM Quader: Now people have no interest...

JaPa: People have no interest in...

Bangladesh

Wed, Sep 22 2021

People were happy during the rule of our party, says the Jatiya Party chief

Razzaque: No more caretaker government...

Razzaque: No more caretaker...

Politics

Sat, Sep 18 2021

Fair and neutral elections will be held with no involvement from a caretaker government says the Agriculture...

Myanmar army ruler takes PM role, again...

Myanmar army ruler takes PM role

South-East Asia

Sun, Aug 1 2021

An activist group has accused the armed forces of killing 939 people since the coup

OP-ED: Will ‘Ram politics’ do the trick...

OP-ED: Will ‘Ram politics’ do the trick...

Partha S Ghosh

Tue, Jul 27 2021

Playing this card will not be as easy for the BJP in upcoming elections

N Ireland's DUP gets third leader in...

N Ireland's DUP gets third leader in...

Europe

Tue, Jun 22 2021

Jeffrey Donaldson was the only member to register his candidacy to head the hard-line pro-UK party

OP-ED: The elections that broke...

OP-ED: The elections that broke...

Saleem Samad

Mon, Jun 7 2021

The inclusive elections were the first since Pakistan was carved out in 1947

OP-ED: Should Bangladesh care about...

OP-ED: Should Bangladesh care about...

Ziauddin Choudhury

Mon, May 10 2021

Are there any direct consequences at all?

OP-ED: The centre cannot hold:  India’s...

OP-ED: The centre cannot hold: India’s...

Vivek Menezes

Thu, May 6 2021

How Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal said no to BJP

OP-ED: Khela hobe: Game on

OP-ED: Khela hobe: Game on

Samrat Choudhury

Tue, May 4 2021

What India needs right now is good governance at every level

OP-ED: The political cracks that we...

OP-ED: The political cracks that we...

Kit Fenwick

Mon, May 3 2021

The sheer scale and audacity of Boris Johnson’s chicanery makes one draw breath

OP-ED: Bengali democracy, alive and...

OP-ED: Bengali democracy, alive and...

Esam Sohail

Fri, Apr 9 2021

How to hold pluralist, participatory, and democratic elections

Greene a 'cancer' on Republicans, McConnell...

McConnell: Greene a 'cancer' on...

North America

Tue, Feb 2 2021

Greene struck back on Twitter, saying: “The real cancer for the Republican Party is weak Republicans...

Voting in third phase municipality elections...

3dr phase municipality polls end amid...

Election

Sat, Jan 30 2021

Voter turnout, in most parts, was satisfactory, but, there have been reports of vote-rigging, polling...

OP-ED: The implications of the American...

OP-ED: The implications of the American...

Vivek Menezes

Thu, Jan 14 2021

It can be a slippery slope into rage, violence, and the destruction of democracy

Ban imposed on plying of truck, pickups...

Savar municipal polls: Ban imposed on...

Election

Tue, Jan 12 2021

The second phase of the Savar municipality election will be held on January 16

Voting in Chittagong city polls rescheduled...

Voting in Chittagong city polls on Jan...

Nation

Mon, Dec 14 2020

EC resets balloting after a delay of over eight months due to the pandemic

Elections to nearly 100 local bodies...

Elections to nearly 100 local bodies...

Election

Wed, Dec 9 2020

Only five municipalities and three union parishads will go to regular election, while the rest will go...