Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged the political parties to maintain unity against autocracy, aiming to restore democracy and implement the reforms in line with the desires of the country鈥檚 people...
Different student organisations will observe Autocracy Resistance Day today recalling the student uprising in 1983 that forced the then government to cancel Mazid Khan Education Commission report and forged unity among political, social and student organisations against the then military rule of Hussein Muhammad Ershad...
Politicians, academics, and members of civil society on Friday urged political parties to remain united, rising above narrow political interests, to resist autocracy from making a comeback.
Different political parties on Friday observed Autocracy Resistance Day to mark the day of the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad.
Political parties and socio-cultural organisations on Wednesday observed Dr Milon Day in Dhaka as elsewhere in the country by paying tributes to the supreme sacrifice of Shamsul Alam Khan Milon 34 years ago...
After the fall of the Hasina-led authoritarian regime on August 5 amid the student-led mass uprising in July and August, a debate emerged over whether to reform the existing constitution or draft an entirely new one. Many argued that the current constitution, after years of politically motivated amendments and modifications, has lost its original..
BANGLADESH experienced its first transition from autocratic rule after the fall of the regime of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975. The second instance of transition from autocratic rule commenced with the fall of president Ershad in 1991. The third transition from autocracy to democracy has started with the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5 this year...
SINCE the fall of Sheikh Hasina and the end of her fifteen-and-half year rule on August 5, a great number of writers, intellectuals and opinion leaders have rightly described her and her government as autocratic. But this was not the case when the Hasina regime was well-entrenched in power and people were writhing under the oppressive rule. While...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 鈥榮econd independence鈥�, as colloquially referred to, was achieved on August 5, 2024. As freedom from bondage usually comes at a cost, the days leading to...
The interim government that replaced the Sheikh Hasina-led autocracy saw a rapid worsening of the country鈥檚 power crisis after India鈥檚 Adani power had shut down one of its two units each producing 748MW burning coal...
Students and other people on Friday announced a 鈥�10-point charter for the interest of all鈥� at a rally in the capital to prevent any attempts to bring back autocracy and fascism, calling on all to implement the charter in their respective neighbourhoods...
Top leaders of India鈥檚 opposition coalition and thousands of supporters rallied in the capital on Sunday, decrying 鈥榓utocracy鈥� in protest at the arrest of a senior colleague ahead of general elections.