The Election Commission (EC) has issued a definitive statement to quash reports suggesting that the national elections for the Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 constituencies have been postponed. In a formal press note disseminated through the Press Information Department on Friday, 9 January, the Commission clarified that no decision to halt the voting process in these regions […]

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has suspended Chairman Tarique Rahman’s anticipated northern tour following a direct request from the Election Commission. This decision, reached during a high-stakes emergency meeting of the National Standing Committee on Friday night, underscores the mounting tension surrounding the national polls scheduled for February. The party leadership asserted that while the […]

The long-held assertion that Bangladesh is a secular, pluralistic republic is rapidly transitioning from a lived reality to a mere footnote in a dormant constitution. A clinical analysis of the current administrative landscape suggests a deliberate, strategic maneuver is underway to hand the state over to communal and fundamentalist forces. Most disturbingly, this trajectory appears […]