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Joint Statement on Hasina’s India Visit: Bangladesh calls its own system discriminatory to India
Bangladesh has called one of its own systems discriminatory towards India in the joint the statement issued on 8 April by Bangladesh and India during prime minister’s state visit to India. However it was not clear if it was an oversight on Bangladesh’s part. Para 35 of the statement read: “The two prime ministers noted →
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Political crisis rooted in clash of nationalisms: Prof. Maniruzzaman
Renowned political scientist and national professor Talukder Maniruzzaman can no longer write and can hardly speak clearly. Born Sirajganj in 1938, Talukder Maniruzzaman graduated from Dhaka University in 1961 and was subsequently awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship. He secured his PhD degree from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. He joined Rajshahi University in 1966 as a senior →
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Bangladesh doesn’t need two parliaments. It needs ‘real’ checks on power
Bangladesh’s political theater is once again consumed by the familiar quarrel over how the next election should be run. This time, the flashpoint is the proportional representation (PR) system,a debate less about mechanics of democracy than about who stands to gain, or lose, when ballots are finally cast. Jamaat-e-Islami, joined by a clutch of smaller →
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Abu Taib Ahmed 