Ban on party politics on JU campus demanded
The students of Jahangirnagar University held protests at the university on Friday demanding a ban on party politics on the campus.
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Cultural activists must work for improvement of politics: discussion
Political leaders and cultural activists at a roundtable in Dhaka on Friday said that cultural activists must work for the improvement of the country鈥檚 politics for bringing positive change.
DU politics ban gets flak
Former and present student leaders from different political organisations have rejected the Dhaka University authorities鈥� decision to ban all political activities on students, teachers and...
DU bans politics on campus
Dhaka University on Thursday banned political activities of the university鈥檚 students, teachers, officers and employees on the campus, following demand of the students.
Geopolitics, propaganda and religious harmony
WHEN I was in sixth grade, around twelve years old, I used to attend math tuition with a local teacher. It never bothered me or anyone in my family that I was a young Muslim girl walking more than a mile alone through a predominantly Hindu area to study with a Hindu teacher...
Environmental politics: a localised perspective
AS THE world grapples with the intensifying effects of climate change, countries like Bangladesh stand at the forefront of both vulnerability and leadership in the global environmental struggle. Bangladesh, while contributing only 0.56 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is disproportionately affected by climate-induced disasters such as...
JU students demand ban on politics on campus
Students of Jahangirnagar University demonstrated on the campus on Monday, demanding a ban on the politics of teachers, students, officers, and employees of the university on the campus.
Politics of food security
BOTH at theoretical and empirical levels, ample literature on food security is in evidence worldwide. Particularly in Bangladesh, the food security issue buzzes around academic and research corners most frequently. Policymakers and politicians seemingly feel perturbed at the perilous food insecurity in the country despite tonnes of reports and recommendations put forth to face food insecurity...
Centre for Non Party Politics congratulates Muhammad Yunus speech
The Centre for Non Party Politics in a statement on Saturday made much of the initiative taken by Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in rebuilding the country as a non-sectarian liberal welfare state...
Decision on politics on campus should come from society, DU VC says
The Dhaka University vice-chancellor, Niaz Ahmed Khan, said on Thursday that the future of politics on campus should be decided based on societal decision.
DU students demand ban on politics on campus
Students of the University of Dhaka on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor, demanding ban on politics of teachers, students, officers, and employees of the university on the campus.聽...
Jammat for end to politics of vendetta
Calling for an end to the politics of vendetta, Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday said that his party forgave all other political parties and it had no complaint against anyone...
Political activities suspended at Rajshahi College
The authorities of Rajshahi College on Tuesday decided to suspend all kinds of political activities on the college campus and hostels for an indefinite period....
Politics and role of BDS movement 鈥� I
AT THE outset I want to beg your indulgence and forgive me for a somewhat misleading title, 鈥楾he Role of BDS in the Struggle for Palestine鈥�. A better title might have been 鈥楾he politics of BDS and the struggle for Palestine.鈥� What I want to do tonight is to go back to the basics, as it were, and think about how BDS fits into the long history of the struggle for self-determination in Palestine...
DMC, CMC, NSTU also ban politics
The authorities of Dhaka Medical College, Chittagong Medical College, and Noakhali Science and Technology University banned politics on their campuses through separate orders on Saturday...
Ban on student politics would rob students of voices
THE move to ban student politics in two public universities appears shortsighted and worrying. The Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology and Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University have decided to ban student politics on campus. The decision came after the student protests had led to the fall of the Awami League鈥檚 authoritarian...
Two public univs ban politics
Two public universities, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology and Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, banned politics on the campuses following students鈥� demand...
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
ON AUGUST 5, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refuelled and reports said that she intended to fly on either to the United Kingdom (her niece, Tulip Siddiq is a minister in the new Labour government), Finland...
Starmer鈥檚 success and the trials ahead
IN A defining shift for British politics, the centre-left Labour Party has clinched a resounding victory, marking its dramatic comeback after a devastating defeat just five years...
BNP doing politics on Khaleda鈥檚 illness: Quader
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said that BNP was doing politics over the illness of Khaleda Zia...
Politicians for keeping space for dialogue in politics
Grassroots politicians at a convention on Saturday called for keeping space for dialogue in politics to avoid conflict for unity and solidarity among all political parties...
Drivers of extremism
WHAT compels a mob to burn someone to death? What explains such amplified levels of anger that an accusation against some person from a marginalised group leads to a lynching?...
Make-believe politics
WE LIVE in a world of make-believe politics, a world where strings pulled in the interests of the super-rich are ever more visible....
Elections not participatory due to crisis in politics: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday said that elections in the country are not being participatory due to a crisis in politics...
Criminalisation of politics blamed for economic crisis
Politicians and academics on Saturday at a discussion said that the economy of the country was facing a serious crisis for criminalisation of politics and...
S Africa鈥檚 genocide case against Israel
THE Israeli-Hamas war is a complex, tragic, and enduring issue in contemporary global politics. The South African government has always expressed deep concern over Israel鈥檚 ruthless military operations against the Palestinian people. Indeed, the governing party, the African National Congress, has a long history of solidarity and sympathy for the Palestinian struggle...
Politics, to serve people, must remain free of moneyed clout
AN ABNORMAL increase in the moveable and immovable assets of public representatives and public office holders has for long been an issue of concern. Such an abnormal increase in wealth certainly shows an association between tenure in office and a rapid increase in income and wealth, suggesting corrupt practices...
What is critical global geopolitics?
FOR overwhelming western political analysts, journalists, scientists, etc, the disappearance of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1990-91 was symbolised overdramatically by the physical destruction of the Berlin Wall followed by the...
State agencies, political parties must not make politics expensive
AN INCREASE in the moveable assets of candidates re-running for the position of the chair in the upazila council elections in the first phase that take place today, as Transparency International Bangladesh findings show, and an issue that...
Politics of ailments in India and South Asia
THIS is not a headline to capture public attention but to describe the case of Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Admi Party, now in prison on corruption charges and the accusation that he was using his ailment as an excuse to seek...