Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed is hopeful that the prevailing political situation will improve and a peaceful parliamentary election is possible. The CEC made the statement after meeting principal staff officer of the armed forces, home secretary, chiefs of…
Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) has expressed surprise over the Election Commission (EC)’s plans to deploy army much before the next parliamentary election. “If a one-sided election is indeed conducted with deployment of the army, it might raise question over the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday formed a 29-member polls-time cabinet, keeping some poor performing ministers while dropping several outstanding achievers. The ruling Awami League has kept all the key ministries like the home, public administration, law, foreign, LGRD and finance.…
The tasks the caretaker governments accomplished with ease not once but thrice, the newly reconstituted Hasina-government would do with four times manpower. Though it was a public presumption that the polls-time administration would be much smaller in size compared to…
A one-sided election without the BNP and its allies now looks more of a reality, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to form the polls-time cabinet today, picking its new members from among her party-led grand alliance. Hasina met…
