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‘Proportional representation is of utmost importance’
| Updated at 02:38am on November 29, 2018
We should consider introducing a proportional representation system for our parliament. This will allow smaller or regional but more people centered political parties to gain...
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‘Parliament must be dissolved before elections’
| Updated at 02:36am on November 29, 2018
The most immediate crisis Bangladesh is facing at the moment is, I would say, how to hold a free, fair and inclusive election that will...
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‘Inclusive election difficult under present situation’
| Updated at 02:32am on November 29, 2018
Democracy in our country is facing a deep-rooted crisis. The ruling party wants to be re-elected anyhow....
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Elections enter an intriguing stage
by M Serajul Islam | Updated at 02:27am on November 29, 2018
THE forthcoming national election will not be anything like the last one by the way politics is shaping in recent days....
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‘Participation alone does not ensure possibility of free, fair elections’
| Updated at 02:25am on November 29, 2018
Freedom of expression is the beauty of democracy. The prime crisis of democracy in present Bangladesh is that people do not have the opportunity to...
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‘Constitution needs to be reformed to uphold independence proclamations’
| Updated at 02:20am on November 29, 2018
Bangladesh is yet to institutionalise democratic process in different levels of the society and state. This shortcoming progressively created an autocratic tendency on individual level...
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‘Caretaker government is our prevailing reality’
| Updated at 02:16am on November 29, 2018
It can be described in two ways — present crisis and persistent, permanent crisis — and without resolving the present crisis you cannot solve the...
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‘Democracy requires protection of fundamental rights’
| Updated at 02:05am on November 29, 2018
The principal crisis of Bangladesh is the absence of appropriate leadership....
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No scope for questioning laws constitutes a crisis
by Abu Jar M Akkas | Updated at 01:59am on November 29, 2018
LAWS govern people. Laws govern society that people live in. Laws govern the country that society is part of....
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‘Primary problem is not with constitution, but political culture’
| Updated at 01:53am on November 29, 2018
The crisis we are faced with today are on two levels. Firstly, we have not been able to understand and internalise democratic value and norm....
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