Dr. Foqan Uddin Ahmed, Writer, Columnist & Researcher: Article 119 of the Bangladesh Constitution empowers the Election Commission to hold parliamentary elections. International laws and treaties also oblige us to hold genuine elections. For example, according to Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civic and Political Rights, a treaty we signed in 2000, “every…
Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam, former finance adviser to Caretaker Government : It is definitely not a pleasant matter both for the country and for its economy, which happened to the coal at Brapukuria coal yard. An impartial probe is necessary for the disappearance of the huge quantity of coal. Actions must be taken so…
Air Commodore Ishfaq Ilahi Choudhury, Security Analyst : There should be neutral investigations to verify the accusations of the kidnappings of Awami League leaders. I have doubts about the authenticity about the ‘kidnapping’ of a certain Awami Leauge leader; to me it seems to be a staged scene. After all, we have seen staged kidnappings in…
A.S.M Riad Arif, SARRC Silver Jubilee Scholar, South Asian University, New Delhi : One of the very popular Bengali singer and song-writer of Bengali Nachiketa Chakraborty wrote that, ‘It is not an offense to take bribe publicly, but kiss in public is a serious crime’. We are living in a very turmoil and trouble time. Every…
Prof. Dr. Md. Tazul Islam, Renowned Psychiatrist : Payel was ditched into water instead to taken to the hospital after he got injured. Before solving the issues of the bus driver’s anarchy and reckless driving on the road, we have to find out the donors backing them up. These drivers are mostly absolute uneducated and in…
Dr. Tofayel Ahmed, Local Government Analyst : The Election Commission’s (EC) promise to provide equal opportunity for all parties was merely empty words and no action. Thus it makes no difference whether their words are given any importance or not. Arrests and harassments right before the three elections are not a good sign. Only a few…
M Hafiz Uddin Khan, President, SHUJAN : If there are pending cases against those being arrested centering the city elections, then why have they not been arrested much sooner? Why should they be arrested in election time? There is actually some sort of ulterior motive behind this. If there are cases pending against the arrestees, then why…
Khalequzzaman, General Secretary, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal : Corruption has been a great acquaintance of the oil-gas and coal sectors. The Barapukuria coal disappearance mishap is the visible reference of the same. The nearly 1.5 million tons of coal did not disappear in a single day, the theft and miseries have been going on for a long…