Jamaat-e-Islam is understandably reassessing its political balance sheet to weigh the benefits of maintaining an alliance with the main opposition BNP. The top leaders of the party undergoing trial on charges of war crimes during the liberation war are under
Friday, December 28th, 2012
Democracy flourishes when everyone is allowed to take part in the management of public affairs. The problem begins when efforts are made to elbow out each other. And that is the sign of a bad politics. In a democracy, there
Friday, December 21st, 2012
Even though there is a growing sentiment against dynasticism in modern democracies, the world’s biggest democracies have a good track record of political dynasties. The Kennedys, the Bushes and the Gandhis are good examples. Had Hillary Clinton won the US
Friday, November 30th, 2012
Highly talked-about visits of Jatiya Party Chairman and former President HM Ershad, long time ally of India, and BNP chairperson, former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition in the 9th Parliament Begum Khaleda Zia, emerging ally of India from
Friday, November 16th, 2012
In mature democracies politics is a game. But it’s not a game when politicians make political decisions affecting the lives of millions - their livelihoods, their health, their wellbeing and their security. Since our independence four decades back, we have
Friday, October 26th, 2012
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina might have read the writing on the wall or seen a blackbird as a harbinger hovering over her government. Revealing the portent the other day, she cautioned that the forces who masterminded 1/11 are again at
Friday, October 26th, 2012
The opposition BNP is poised to press hard the demand for election under a non-partisan interim government while the government leaders are saying there is no way of returning to the system repealed by amending the Constitution. The hitch giving
Friday, September 28th, 2012
“People have rejected both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia and now they are eagerly awaiting a third force. Jatiya Party is in a position to fill in the blank and we will contest all the three hundred seats in the
Saturday, September 1st, 2012
Once Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia were targets of ‘Minus Two Theory’ and, ironically enough, Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Dr. Mohammad Yunus himself now appears to be the sole target of ‘Minus One Theory”. ‘Minus Two Theory’ misted in
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
The feud between two the major political parties of Bangladesh has taken another dimension now. The differences and inter-party quarrels are now being displayed overseas, in the United States, in the form of protest meetings, marches, and demonstrations in public
Friday, June 8th, 2012
