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Bangladesh is heading towards the 12th parliamentary elections without the participation of many political parties including the de facto main opposition party the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Non-participatory parliamentary elections are not new in Bangladesh at all. Several other parliamentary elections including the 1988 elections, the 1996 (February) elections and the 2014 elections were also boycotted

Bangladesh has been advancing toward another non-participatory election since the political clash in Dhaka in October. While many opposition political…

Bangladesh has definitely developed in economic terms — along with several other terms — recently. The South Asian country has…

Opposition parties have strengthened their political movements and clashes have occurred in Bangladesh recently, leading to growing concerns. Political programs of opposition parties have also become more frequent in recent weeks. According to multiple sources including the BBC and the Daily Prothom Alo, opposition political parties including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have recently carried out

The chance of political dialogues between the ruling party and the opposition has now increased in Bangladesh. Despite a lack of interest in holding dialogues earlier, the ice is probably melting driven by several factors including growing international pressures. According to multiple sources including bdnews24.com, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told that the

The government of Bangladesh proposed its budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the national parliament on June 1, 2023.…

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, which aims to promote peace and stability in the CHT region, is an important accord that helped bring peace to the conflicting hill tracts in Bangladesh. It is pertinently notable that the CHT peace accord — a praiseworthy move — was reached by the then Awami League government and

The Criminal Investigation Department arrested Samsuzzaman Shams — a journalist of the Daily Prothom Alo — based on a case…

The opposition leaders and activists of Bangladesh have been repressed and harassed by the BAL (Bangladesh Awami League)-led government for…

Bangladesh distributes hundreds of millions of textbooks free of cost to school students ranging from grade one to grade ten each year at the beginning of the educational session. But school textbooks provided this year contain several errors. According to available sources, mistakes were found in several textbooks including ‘History of Bangladesh and World Civilization’,