Every few years, an old argument returns dressed up as divine wisdom. This time, it comes from the Amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman announced-solemnly-that a woman can never lead his party. Why? Because women give ...

It is an election where the winners may take a while to be determined, but we do already know the losers. Come February 12, Bangladesh will revert to democratic rule following parliamentary elections and a referendum on the July Charter. The new government will face a p ...

In the bustling halls of the BRAC Centre Inn, as policymakers, academics and civil society representatives gathered for the conference 'Rupture, Reform and Reimagining Democracy', one voice cut through the familiar chatter of political promises: Rehman Sobhan. The em ...