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  Uncontested elections lead to voters’ apathy towards election: EC Mahbub

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:17pm on September 22, 2021

  Election commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Wednesday said that voters were losing their interest in election for irregularity in elections and for corrupt electoral system. ‘Voters’...

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  Local polls strengthen democracy at grassroots: Quader

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 07:44pm on September 21, 2021

  Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the local government elections strengthen the pillars of democracy at the grassroots, increase scopes of...

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  Democracy and good governance

  Monwarul Islam | Updated at 12:00am on September 21, 2021

  THERE is no intrinsic relation between democracy, a long-standing governance concept, and good governance. Democracy, which etymologically means the rule of people, is as varied...

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  Democracy, autocracy and capitalism

  Richard D Wolff | Updated at 12:00am on September 20, 2021

  DEMOCRACY exists if and when a community organises its self-governance around the full participation, on an equal basis, of all the members of the community....

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  Country lacks democracy, says speakers

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:37pm on September 13, 2021

  Politicians, academics and journalists on Monday at a discussion meeting said that the country still lacked democratic rule after 50 years of its independence. They...

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  Democracy Taliban-style

  | Updated at 12:00am on September 08, 2021

  THE scenario of a swift Taliban takeover in Afghanistan was predicted with considerable accuracy three months ago in an essay penned by British journalist and...

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  Juba Adhikar Parishad observes 1st founding anniv

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:40pm on August 31, 2021

  Politicians and youth leaders at a discussion marking the first founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Juba Adhikar Parishad on Tuesday called on the youth to...

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  Dilip Kumar: an Indian metaphor

  Jawed Naqvi | Updated at 12:00am on August 04, 2021

  ONE sees a few good reasons to miss Dilip Kumar every August 5, starting this week. It was on this day that his most popular...

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  Truth, democracy, and post-truth

  Obaidul Hamid | Updated at 12:00am on August 02, 2021

  How does democracy relate to truth and post-truth? An ideal political system is still the holy grail, but democracy is widely viewed as the most...

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  Myanmar protesters fighting without Suu Kyi’s shadow

  Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 10:52am on July 30, 2021

  Imprisoned by the military, detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is isolated from the young protesters now forging their own struggle for democracy outside...