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Reforming the Election Commission
Article 118 to 126 of the Constitution of Bangladesh describe all about the election and its management body.
 
Foreign students' visa
Nowadays lot of foreign students, especially students from Nepal are coming over to Bangladesh to pursue higher studies in different public and private universities as well as in the medical/dental colleges.
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An unexpected walk to uncertain destiny
People of this country are politically conscious as well as peace-loving.
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Democracy in America
The beauty of democracy is that voters as a collective force 'usually' don't make a mistake.
 
Away from home forever
After the crushing defeat of Pakistan army, the new Bangladesh government in 1972 declared that it would take back all the Bengalees from Pakistan except the two collaborators - Nurul Amin and Mahmood
 
Don't cry for me, Dhaka!
I enjoyed the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, HE Anwar Chowdhury's "Dhaka: Home away from Home" (DS 1 November 2006).
 
Of Hasan and the ETV
The other day we some colleagues at the local law college frantically raised sort of a storm over the tea cup on the ceaseless talk of the country, i.e.
 
Force to attain peace?
BNP-Jamaat won the 2001 elections with more than two- third majority of seats. Soon after the whole country especially the villages were turned into torture chambers of the BNP-Jaamat goons.
 
Behind the facade
I have the opportunity of interacting with lots of members of Jamaat-e-Islam and Shibir in my professional life. They are usually well behaved, soft-spoken and possess infinite patience.
 
Who plays the key role for election?
During this summer while I was in Bangladesh I have seen a special complimentary page in the daily Prothom Alo on Election Commission and its activities.
 
Civil servants
Under the Constitution of Bangladesh every person in the service of the Republic (i.e. the civil servants) holds office under the President.
 
Open letter to our politicians
Once again, the country is splendidly made to stand still by your whims, which are borne out of a solemn singular desire - to reign.
 
I don't get it...
I don't get it why we are still debating on how to hold free and fair polls without debating on ways and means to reform the dynastic and autocratic nature of BNP and AL first? What is the point in holding
 
An irresponsible silence of civil society
This is in response to the unethical silence (non-response) of our self-proclaimed civil society members to the bloodiest and bone-chilling brutality demonstrated by some political activists against a
 

 
   
 
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