By JANE PERLEZ in The NY Times on line, Nov 13, 2017 BEIJING — He was a brilliant student during the dark days of China’s Cultural Revolution. He visited America, and left unimpressed with democracy. Plucked from academia, he climbed the ladder of Beijing’s brutal politics. He did not attend President Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping last week, but his ideas and advice almost certainly helped shape it: Few in the Communist leadership have pressed…
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by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla and Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Nov 14, 2017 While the BNP sticks to its demand for holding the next national elections under a non-partisan polls-time government, the ruling Awami League insists the elections will be conducted as per constitutional provisions. The AL presumes that the BNP might take to the streets and carry out destructive activities to press home its demand. Some AL leaders said the government would…
Report in Prothom Alo, Nov 13, 2017 Update: 22:36 Tofail Ahmed, Awami League, BNPRuling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) leader and commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday turned down BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s call for deploying army during the next general elections with magistracy power. “Why will the armed forces get the magistracy power during the polls? The armed forces will only assist other forces during the polls,” said Tofail when a group of newsmen asked…
by Moinul Hoque Chowdhury in bdnews24.com, Nov 13, 2017 at 23:53 BdST The Election Commission says they will not use the Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs in the next general election, a day after Khaleda Zia voiced her opposition to the use of the machines at a public rally. Apparently enjoying the BNP’s confidence nine months into its formation, the commission is, however, positive about the deployment of the army surrounding the polls. But an…