The past Awami League regime completely undermined the forms of accountability and checks and balances that characterise a liberal and representative democracy.

When the constitution and laws of a country of 170 million people allow and enable one individual to have complete control over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government, can that country genuinely be considered democratic?

If we compare the state to a four-legged chair, the government represents only one leg.

If enough people despair of emancipatory politics and accept the withdrawal into buffoonery, the political space for neo-fascism widens.

Persecution by government officials deeply concerning

US ambassador Peter Haas reflects on two years in Bangladesh

Politics 101 today runs the risk of being solely authored by autocrats from all over the world.

Powerful countries, far and near, have shown active interest in Bangladesh’s election and have been polarised in a rather peculiar fashion

The left's agenda is global, not just national.

We are at a loss to understand on what grounds the EC can make such a demand of the government.

The genocide that Pakistan’s occupational forces committed in Bangladesh in 1971 has yet to get due recognition.

Is that how democracy works for us?

Finds survey by Open Society Foundations

Who would want to move for democracy and risk losing it all?

Should we be surprised that so many people view the growing concentration of wealth with suspicion, or that they believe the system is rigged?

Shouldn't our politicians focus on how to best serve the people?

One would be wise to throw away the old playbook and get tips from democracies that provide leaders with the greatest power of all: the true mandate of the people

Our failure to defend Hero Alom points only to our intellectual bankruptcy

The state must protect their rights unconditionally

Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised