M Sakhawat Hussain

The Indian general election, being held in seven phases, will have its sixth round of polling today, on May 12. Five phases of voting have already been completed, in which the fate of 425 constituencies was decided.

On the morning of Easter Sunday, Sri Lankans must have gone through the nightmarish memories of the 80s and 90s when their

It is the month of December, our victory month, and this is when we remember all the martyrs and the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who fought all his life to establish a democratic, free and just society.

The Election Commission (EC) had announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary election on November 8, 2018 and shifted the poll date from December 23 to December 30, 2018 as the opposition BNP and the newly formed alliance Jatiya Oikyafront decided to hold a couple of rounds of dialogue with the government. Most of the important demands of Oikyafront remain unfulfilled.

As the national election approaches, many questions are creeping into the minds of the concerned citizens and ordinary non-partisan people and voters.

It seems that the speculation about the High Court's interim order that stalled the Dhaka City Corporation (North) mayoral by-election to fill up the post left vacant with the death of popular mayor Annisul Huq for six months came true, though initially it was reported to be three months only.