Political violence in Bangladesh reached a four-year high during the first 13 months of the interim government, with at least 1,047 incidents leaving 160 people dead and more than 8,000 injured, according to data from the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).
Govt must improve law and order as election approaches
Systemic maladies in politics, governance, and society persist even a year after the uprising, and these cannot help dismantle the authoritarian system, says Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).
All police units have been instructed to conduct special drives throughout the 11-day period
Houses of Awami League leaders were attacked and torched, and murals and busts of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were demolished and defaced in nearly two dozen districts yesterday.
BNP’s support for Awami League’s democratic rights is a welcome step
For all its pro-reform posturing, BNP has yet to signal a real willingness to lead political reforms, including within itself.
In a neck-and-neck US presidential election, tensions have soared along with the rhetoric: people have been killed, and the country's presidential candidates and others are in the crosshairs of extremists
The tendency to humiliate and seek revenge through violence only deepens political distrust and perpetuates cycles of retribution with each change in the government.
For all its pro-reform posturing, BNP has yet to signal a real willingness to lead political reforms, including within itself.
In a neck-and-neck US presidential election, tensions have soared along with the rhetoric: people have been killed, and the country's presidential candidates and others are in the crosshairs of extremists
The tendency to humiliate and seek revenge through violence only deepens political distrust and perpetuates cycles of retribution with each change in the government.
A narrative from both the government and some mass media outlets promotes a version of events that is far detached from the reality experienced
While the attempted assassinations of Trump and Fico have caused many liberals to tone down their rhetoric, such reactions miss the point.
Last week’s political violence in Bangladesh was by far the worst I have seen since I first visited and fell in love with this country 15 years ago.
Reports of violence against minorities during and after the boycott-ridden, controversial election have raised questions against Awami League’s claimed commitment to protecting the minorities.
Sometimes, our lust for power brings hell to earth. We let the fire burn and kill humanity.
Twenty-two more leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat yesterday were given different jail terms in four cases filed between December 2012 and September 2018 over political violence in the capital.
How many of us really believe that the current laws and institutions in Bangladesh lend the capacity to hold free and fair elections?
