US Democrats picked a 51-year-old progressive activist on Saturday as their new leader, who must rebuild a party still reeling from last year鈥檚 crushing presidential defeat 鈥� and figure out how best to oppose Republican Donald Trump.
Experts, policymakers and civil society representatives on Thursday emphasised institutional reforms for the democratic reconstruction of the country.
A new political party, 鈥楤angladesh Democratic Power,鈥� has emerged with a commitment to protecting the country鈥檚 sovereignty and contributing to national reconstruction, rather than seeking power or elections...
THE current policing model in Bangladesh is antiquated and ineffective. People have been subjected to an ineffective police system for 15 years. One proposal that is emerging as the police reform discussions pick up steam is that the police should be placed under a separate commission or be connected to an independent ministry to keep them...
Speakers, including academics and politicians, called for national unity among all political parties and other stakeholders for bringing democratic reforms in the country in keeping with the spirit of the War of Independence and July uprising...
Jatiya Party on Wednesday demanded early general elections in an inclusive and credible manner for the country鈥檚 democratic transition...
New Charg茅 d鈥橝ffaires at the US embassy in Dhaka ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson has underscored the strong partnership between Bangladesh and the United States and their support for the interim government鈥檚 efforts to 鈥榗hart a prosperous and democratic path鈥� for the Bangladeshi people...
Speakers, including politicians, academics, and members of civil society, at a dialogue on Saturday emphasised the need for quick reforms and holding timely elections....
The Democratic Student Alliance, a combine of seven student wings of left leaning political parties, on Tuesday held a protest march towards the chief adviser鈥檚 office, pressing for a five-point demand, including the withdrawal of the Value Added Tax recently imposed on over 100 commodities...
BANGLADESH is faced with many tricky challenges in its quest for transition to a truly democratic system of governance. The student-led mass uprising of July-August 2024 forced Sheikh Hasina to flee the country after her 15-year iron-fisted rule, albeit under the fa莽ade of a democratic system of government. In 2021, when the country reached...
IN TODAY鈥橲 hyper-connected world, cybersecurity is no longer a luxury. It is a necessity. Governments worldwide grapple with the dual imperatives of protecting nations from cyber threats and upholding democratic freedom. The recently promulgated Cyber Security Ordinance 2024 in Bangladesh epitomises this struggle, sparking nationwide debates about its implications to national security, the freedom of expression and personal privacy...
The Democratic Students鈥� Alliance, a combine of seven student wings of left-leaning political parties, on Wednesday protested at the exclusion of 168 candidates from the 43rd final gazette of Bangladesh Civil Service...
United People鈥檚 Democratic Front leader Michael Chakma on Monday formally lodged a written complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor, accusing former prime minister...
The Democratic Student Alliance, a combine of seven student wings of left-leaning political parties, on Wednesday demanded the government take immediate steps to ensure security of students and common people.
Leaders of the Democratic Rights Committee on Friday at a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar said that a Bangladesh free from discriminations has yet to be established.
United People鈥檚 Democratic Front leader Michael Chakma on Wednesday lodged a verbal complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal, accusing deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of involvement in his enforced disappearance...
Writers, teachers and theatre activists said on Saturday that martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury dreamt of a liberal democratic state in his renowned play Kabar...
IN THE wake of the Monsoon Revolution, Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture, facing what could be its last chance to establish genuine democratic governance. In the past, while the nation鈥檚 leadership touted various reform initiatives and grand visions, the fundamental issues plaguing the country鈥檚 governance structure remained largely unaddressed. The current situation demands more than just...
Gonofourm鈥檚 emeritus president Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday stressed the need for a national dialogue for the democratic transition of the country...
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD president and freedom fighter ASM Abdur Rob on Saturday said that Serajul Alam Khan was a political thinker who wanted to establish a democratic Bangladesh where people would enjoy their democratic rights...
IT IS too early to draw an outline of the Middle East policy of the incoming Trump administration. The cabinet and other senior positions are shaping up, while Democrats are doing their best to badger Arab-Americans for their vote against the Democratic Party...
The Democratic Students鈥� Alliance on Wednesday afternoon held a demonstration demanding justice for mass killings during the July uprising, and financial assistance for families of the martyrs...
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six left political parties, on Tuesday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the interim government to take immediate steps to stop attacks on left party rallies across the country...
Germany鈥檚 Olaf Scholz was Monday officially named to lead his Social Democrats into February elections, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term...
I WAS in the neighbouring city of Milwaukee during the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) that took place in Chicago on August 19鈥�22. We all knew that Kamala Harris would be the Democratic Party鈥檚 presidential candidate in the November 5, 2024 US election and that she would give a candidacy acceptance speech before the DNC delegates...
ARAB and Muslim American voters did not remove Democrats from office, nor did they cost Kamala Harris the Oval Office. They merely sent a strong message that Palestine matters, not only to Arabs and Muslims but to many Americans as well...
BANGLADESH emerged as an independent nation in 1971 with a democratic beginning, but unfortunately it did not have smooth sailing. In the past 50 years, Bangladesh experienced...
Democrats are facing a painful reckoning over Kamala Harris鈥檚 drubbing at the hands of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, as shock gives way to anger and...
The United People鈥檚 Democratic Front, a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political organisation, on Thursday observed a dawn-to-dusk road blockade in Khagrachari district protesting against Wednesday鈥檚 killing of its three activists and demanding immediate arrest of the killers...
Three activists of United People鈥檚 Democratic Front, a political organisation based in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, were shot dead at Panchari upazila in Khagrachari on Wednesday...