Sheikh Hasina, who initially assumed power in 2009 through an election widely criticized for tampering, resigned from her position as Prime Minister on Monday, July 6, 2024. This resignation followed the persistent demands from the activist group 'Students Against Discrimination,' who had rallied around a singular objective: the government's resignation.
Hasina's tenure, spanning nearly 15 years, was marked by her retention of power through three highly contentious elections. The 2013 election was infamously dubbed the "election without votes," the 2018 election became known as the "midnight vote," and the 2024 election was criticized as a "dummy vote."
By employing various strategies to maintain her grip on power, Sheikh Hasina has etched her name in history as a 'Lady Dictator' ...
Sudha Ramachandran
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Bangladesh is due to vote in general elections in January 2024. Opposition parties are threatening to boycott the election if the Awami League government does not meet their demand for elections under a caretaker government. The opposition’s protest rallies have been peaceful so far, but this could change in the coming weeks and months, especially if the sta...
On July 23, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld a lower court decision that said Mohammed Yunus must pay taxes on $7 million of donations he made between 2011 and 2014 to three trusts — Professor Muhammad Yunus Trust, the Yunus Family Trust and the Yunus Centre. The apex court ruled that these donations are not exempted under any existing laws. Yunus has been asked to pay a hefty $1.4 million in taxes.
On August 17, former US President Barack Obama wrote a letter to Yunus, extending the support on behalf of millions of people whose potential he invested in.
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As Bangladesh gears up for a general election due early next year, a list of observers has cast fresh doubt on the legitimacy of polls they are tasked with monitoring.
The Election Commission this month published names of 68 app...
Shahariar Islam Sovon
Thousands of protesters from various political parties took to the streets in several districts, major cities, and capital to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation including a free, fair, and credible national election, ensure freedom of speech, ensure proper power supply, reduction of fuel and essential commodity prices and an end to the crackdown on journalists.
The rallies staged by different political wings including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) protest against the rising living cost, surging essential commodity prices, fuel prices, economic crisis, power shortage, attack on journalists issue and depreciating national currency.
The BNP Secretary General claims that Hasina's government has been accused with financi...
According to Article 48 (1) of the Constitution, His Excellency the President is elected by the members of the National Assembly. Under the same provision, members of the parliament shall elect eleven persons in the capacity of a full minister as the members of a government responsible for holding the national elections.
----- A. R. Farrukh Ahamed
What would have happened if the result of the 1970 election were conceded by the then West Pakistan government? In fact, the logical ...
