Recent leadership changes may appear chaotic, but ultimately demonstrate political accountability

DSA’s new curbs and OTT draft rules give the opening

What is of serious concern for us is the secrecy with which the Press Council has dealt with the matter.

If we want to stop being lectured by international bodies, then we as a people, and much more so our government, must listen to our own critical voices.

Nothing but their own voices reaches them

“Democracy will die if people don’t vote.” This is a very powerful statement from CEC Kazi Habibul Awal.

The fact that Latifur Rahman, Shamim Bhai to us all, is no longer among us still feels unreal.

There is a new assault on the freedom of the press. This time, sadly, it comes from another section of the mass media itself – the television.

There was a time when the US government left no stone unturned to oust the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.

There is a peculiar trend in Bangladesh. When someone starts something innovative, then hundreds of copycats spoil it.

With the numerous laws that already exist to regulate—or better still, suppress—the media, and the diligence with which new ones are being prepared, one would think that of all the areas that need fixing, our government expects the journalists to be “fixed” first. But why?

Recently, the chief election commissioner (CEC) urged all political parties to participate in the national election so that “democracy can flourish.”

Two important members of our South Asian community stand as examples of how not to run a country.

As announced, the Search Committee for the Election Commission will submit its recommendations to the president today, February 24, 2022.

At the very outset, the government said there was not enough time to make a law for the formation of an Election Commission (EC), which is mandated by the Constitution of Bangladesh since its adoption in 1972.

Since the US sanction on Rab and few of its present and former officials, there have been several comments from our ministers on the topic.

Of the 48 current vice-chancellors (VC) in the public universities across Bangladesh, 39 are former office-bearers of some pro-government teachers’ bodies.

What waited for nearly 50 years is now being implemented with super speed.

The question in the title of this column was triggered by a press comment following our president’s dialogue with National Awami Party (NAP) leaders, published on December 27, 2021.

Using plastic is very convenient. But now it is posing a threat to our healthy living.