Proportional representation sounds fair, but can lead to fragmentation and fracture of the polity. In the Bangladeshi context, it may deliver instability we don't need.
We need to close loopholes for unilateral amendments to the Constitution, otherwise the July Charter will not be worth the paper it is written on
It is possible to create an economy that works for everyone. All that is needed is the vision and the political will to see it through.
The reason that proxy militancy is being dismantled is simple. It is no longer useful in the new world order. This is just the first step in the rise of the GCC as it takes its seat at the big table.
The interim government has done a creditable job stabilizing the economy and fixing the mess it inherited. But the incoming government is still going to have its work cut out for it, and we will need very safe hands to ensure that Bangladesh gets back on track.
NCP’s hesitation is an act of political commitment to the people of Bangladesh. It seeks to ensure that Bangladesh’s long-awaited democratic transformation is not undone by legal fragility or political opportunism.
What many observers miss in the drama surrounding the NCP boycott is the fact that the July Charter still represents a significant step along the way to implementing lasting reforms to Bangladesh’s broken political system.
A contract which commits Bangladesh to a 30 year arrangement with foreign operators involving sensitive and vital parts of our national infrastructure is a contract an interim government with no official opposition should feel neither empowered not entitled to sign.
The army as an institution must not be tainted by the criminal misdeeds of a few. Those officers betrayed their sacred oath -- service before self, death before dishonour.
In the eyes of the law, liability is personal. A uniform is not a cloak of impunity, nor does the language of the law permit targeting the uniform to put an entire institution in the dock.
Traffic accidents and the devastation they wreak are not inevitable. We can fix this problem, if we have the will.
How do you spot an agent provocateur in the pay of our enemies? Easy. Look for someone trying to create a wedge between the military and the public. Look for someone inciting violence.
There is much to be learned from the surveys that have been done over the past year. But is anyone, especially the political parties, listening?
There can be no mercy for those who were involved in enforced disappearances or extrajudicial killings. They must be brought to justice. Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to their victims.
His BBC interview does not announce a new manifesto; it announces a new temperament. It marks the return not merely of a politician but of a political tone long missing in Bangladesh -- calm, composed, and confident in the people’s intelligence
