Shakhawat Liton

The HC's observations have upheld what Awami League MP, Asaduzzaman Khan, had forecasted over four decades ago. Asaduzzaman, who was a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee in 1972, strongly opposed the inclusion of Article 70 to impose restrictions on MPs.

The ongoing Union Parishad polls have become the bloodiest election in Bangladesh history.

The vociferous reaction of some ministers and MPs against the cancellation of the constitution's 16th amendment that had

Anders Chydenius, an enlightened thinker and politician of the Kingdom of Sweden, had struggled against secret and unaccountable government power...

Freedom of expression and a vibrant strong democracy go hand in hand. A free press contributes to a stronger society and

She was gang raped by railway employees at the railway rest room in Kolkata while travelling in India on February 26, 1998. The incident triggered outrage. Maitree, a network of 42 women's groups and NGOs in Kolkata, moved to Kolkata High Court seeking compensation for the 27-year old Shefali Begum (name changed to protect her identity).

For a rape victim, justice in the existing legal system in Bangladesh means further humiliation and unending hassles.

The constitution has two specific provisions that ask the parliament to make laws for the appointment of a judge to the Supreme Court and also for the removal of a sitting judge by the House.

The road transport and bridges ministry's move to allow 5000 more CNG-run auto-rickshaws on the city roads runs counter to the Strategic Transport Plan (STP) for Dhaka that holds small vehicles largely responsible for traffic congestion.

Bangladesh Law Commission has drafted proposals for a law to criminalise the distortion or denial of any documents or events connected with our Liberation War.

The Election Commission has now made the media a whipping boy to counter widespread criticism for its failure to hold the Union Parishad elections in a free, fair and peaceful manner.

It does not matter much to the Election Commission whether or not the polling is mired in widespread violence and irregularities. It has got some canned words for the nation at the end of polling. And it has kept defending the flawed elections in the same old way for the last two years.

The BNP was supposed to hold its national council more than three years ago to elect the party chief and other office bearers according to its charter. But it did not do so. Its failure allowed those who were either elected or picked by the chairperson in 2009 to continue holding their posts for three more years, which is equivalent to a fresh term.

Seven lawmakers have demanded in the parliament The Daily Star be closed and its editor, Mahfuz Anam, be tried for treason. With banners showing

BNP policymaker Nazrul Islam Khan's announcement that his party would prepare a list of martyrs of our Liberation War in 1971 appeared as a retaliatory step which brought out once again the party's long held dubious stance over the spirit of the Liberation War.

The long pervasive culture of parliament boycott by main opposition MPs has significantly changed with Jatiya Party lawmakers attending all the 174 sittings of the current Jatiya Sangsad over the last two years.

If the complaints filed by the returning officer in the recent polls to Phulpur municipality are proven to be true then the acts by ruling Awami League MP Sharif Ahmed of Mymensing-2 would be considered unlawful and punishable as per the electoral laws.

Frustration seems to be somewhere at the top in our two city mayors' job descriptions. Both of our city mayors have lamented in recent

The Bangladesh Bank has made Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir very unhappy and he is not taking it sitting down.

Both General Yahya Khan and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto were desperate to 'finish off' Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Things were moving in their desired direction, according to the conspiracy they had hatched.