report in The Daily Star, May 25, 2023The US will deny visas to people believed to be responsible for or complicit in undermining the democratic election process in Bangladesh. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a briefing on Wednesday said, “This includes current and former Bangladeshi officials, members of pro-government and opposition political parties, and members of law enforcement, the judiciary, and security services. The United States notified the Bangladeshi government of this decision…
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By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, April 27, 2023At first blush, the byelection in Bara-2 was a straight shootout between Janata Samajbadi Party chair Upendra Yadav and Janamat Party’s candidate Shiv Chandra Kushwaha. But dig a little and it was so much more, as Madhesh observers had commented in the lead-up to the polls. It was a contest for prestige, a battle between a Madhesh veteran, Yadav, and newly emerged popular leader CK Raut,…
by Qadir Kallol in Prothom Alo, Apr 22, 2023The forthcoming elections to five city corporations have left ruling Awami League, opposition BNP and Election Commission in a quandary. All these three sides think that these elections can have an impact on the next general election. Any wrong step in the city elections can be costly for them. As a result, all three sides have different challenges centering the city polls. What strategies BNP takes in…
report in Prothom Alo, Mar 28, 202The opposition leader in the parliament and chief patron of Jatiya Party (JaPa) Raushon Ershad on Monday said the national election will be held on time, abiding by the constitution and the Jatiya Party (JaPa) will participate in that election. “The Jatiya Party competed in all elections since its emergence as a political party. So it will participate in the upcoming election,” Raushon Ershad added. The chief patron came…
by Ruwani Fonseka in The Morning, Mar 27, 2023The 2023 Local Government (LG) election is likely to be postponed once again, as per sources within the Election Commission. Earlier in a special gazette notification, dated January 30, 2023, issued by the respective District Returning Officers for the LG bodies of each district, it was announced that the LG election would be held on March 09. However, the LG election was later deferred as the government…
by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Mar 18, 2023The BNP’s grassroots leaders have suggested the top leadership that the party should not take part in any polls under the incumbent government. They have also recommended finalising the movement strategy to force the government to hold the next general election under a non-party interim government. They said that the BNP should focus more on strengthening its organisational capacity by quelling all internal feuds before…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee/Ashik Abdullah Apu in The Daily Star, Mar 7, 2023With the ruling Awami League apparently reaching out to some right-wing political parties to forge a bigger electoral alliance, a gap with its left allies keeps widening since the national polls in 2018. As the parties the AL is trying to woo include the Islamists who have impressive vote banks, its left allies think such coalitions would only mean a deviation from the…
report in The Sunday Times, Mar 5, 2023The Election Commission (EC) is unable to offer relief to more than 3000 public servants contesting the local council elections and who are now in severe financial distress owing to uncertainty over the polls date. In line with the election law, the employees have taken no-pay leave from their workplaces to contest the upcoming election as candidates. With the EC no longer able to hold the election as…
AFP report, Feb 25, 2023COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s election commission indefinitely postponed local polls on Friday after the president — installed by parliament last year after his predecessor fled — refused to fund the vote. The March 9 polls would only have picked local councillors but would be the first electoral test for Ranil Wickremesinghe since he took office in July after months of protests over the island’s worst-ever economic crisis. They were seen by many…
Report in Dawn, January 19th, 2023• Blames former army chief for current political, economic instability; claims he’s not in contact with new military leadership• Says govt will be forced to hold polls in AprilKARACHI: Former prime minister Imran Khan once again apportioned blame for the recent resurgence of terrorism in the country on the unwillingness of the current government to abide by the commitments made by the previous regime, saying that despite an agreement among…