report in Prothom Alo, Dec 8, 2023Ruling Awami League is yet to come to an understanding with the alliance and partners regarding the election. Their ally Jatiya Party (JaPa) and partners of the 14 party alliance first want the Awami League candidates in their seats to be withdrawn. They also want assurance that no independent candidate of Awami League contest in the seats left to them. Over the past three to four days, Prime Minister…
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report in Prothom Alo, Dec 6, 2023The ruling Awami League has adopted a strategy to field independent candidates, aiming to enhance competitiveness in the upcoming 12th parliamentary election and ensure a 50 per cent voter turnout. This move has elicited mixed reactions among party contenders. However, numerous candidates participating in the upcoming election are advocating for the exclusion of independent contenders from the competition. Independent candidates have posed challenges for the 14-party Alliance and its…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Oct 21, 2023The UK’s Channel 4 has declined to appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday carnage. The television station has said that it couldn’t reveal confidential sources or what it called confidential journalistic material. Referring to the C4’s response, sources close to the investigation asserted that such a course of action would be severely inimical to those who valued truly independent media. President Ranil…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023On Friday, the President of Russia issued a warning during a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Bishkek regarding the situation in Afghanistan. Vladimir Putin stated that significant threats emanate from Afghanistan, and Russia supports Tajikistan’s concerns regarding the threats from Afghanistan. He said, “I understand the rationality of supporting Tajikistan’s concerns about threats emanating from Afghan soil. The situation in that…
report in Prothom Alo, Jul 18,2023Questions have arisen over the election commission giving registration to two unknown political parties, especially before the forthcoming parliamentary election. Questions have also arisen as to whether the constitutionally independent body is operating at the behest of the government. A total of 93 parties submitted applications seeking registration from the EC. The EC decided to give registration to Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP). The election commission…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, June 17, 2023Jatiya Party (JaPa), under the leadership of GM Quader, for quite some time now has been actively endeavouring to build up slightly ‘different’ and ‘independent’ anti-government stand in politics. The government, however, has its misgivings and is reluctant to allow JaPa to move in that direction. Speaking to several leaders of Jatiya Party, it has been learnt that the top level of the government wants JaPa to…
by Imtiaz Gul in The Express Tribune, Dec 2nd, 2022.The writer heads the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies, IslamabadGeneral Qamar Javed Bajwa’s swansong at GHQ on November 23 was a cocktail of admissions of past guilt, mistakes and the armed forces’ resolve to stay away from politics. By doing so, he kicked up more questions than he answered. The first-ever public admission of political interference notwithstanding, Bajwa opened a Pandora’s box — a…