THE brutal murder of a scrap trader near Sir Salimullah Medical College in Dhaka on July 9 is a betrayal of sacrifices of the martyrs of the July uprising, which topped the authoritarian Awami League regime in hopes for a political culture to uphold democratic values. The victim was repeatedly hit with a large chunk of concrete in daylight, with dozens watching. The police and...
CLASHES in two places in Rangpur and in Shariatpur, one between followers of local Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and the other between followers of local Awami League leaders, over supremacy the same day are unfortunate. The clashes show that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which is bent on power assumption in elections that could be forthcoming after...
CONFIGURATIONS of political parties in Bangladesh now carry multiple drifts 鈥� they are still inchoate after a long hiatus under an authoritarian stretch of 15 plus years. But the parties got a new lease of life since a populist revolt ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 repressive regime. Now, they are optimistic, alive and thrusting. The expected...
THE involvement of Bangladesh Nationalist Party people in undemocratic and often illegal activities, a corrupt practice that they were fiercely critical of during the tenure of the toppled Awami League, is disconcerting. The son of a former BNP general secretary, along with a leader of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal, has claimed the position of the...
