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Begum Khaleda

Nothing to observe

Thousands of troops have been deployed across the country, which will once again bear witness to an election under the awesome shadow of the soldier’s gun, recalling the experience of January 2014.

The Begum’s gambit

With the national elections in Bangladesh scheduled to be held on 23 December, the supposedly secular Begum Hasina appears to…

Dissent stifled

The discourse over dissent in a democracy has been rudely jolted in Bangladesh barely two months before the general election.

Ignoble diplomacy

The president of the country’s ruling party has articulated an opinion that is ill-advised even at the mildest estimation. Both…