Magazine Despite Bangladesh’s slide toward a one-party autocracy, “the current trajectory is not destiny.” Awami League leaders and activists celebrate their party’s victory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 10, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League (AL), under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has cemented a fourth consecutive term in power – but not … Read more
The outcome of the 12th parliamentary election in Bangladesh was expected, and long predicted. With the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), pulling out of the race, the path was always clear for the incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in office since January 2009, to tighten her grip on power. Even though calls were … Read more
Although Bangladesh’s general election, scheduled on January 7, 2024, is a little over a month away, there is no confusion as to what kind of an election it will be, and there is no uncertainty as to what results the election will deliver. With the deadline for submission of nomination papers now passed, 29 parties … Read more
Bangladesh’s Awami League (AL) government is pressing ahead with holding general elections in January 2024 amid what Human Rights Watch says is a “violent autocratic crackdown” on the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). At least 10,000 opposition activists have been arrested since October 28 and many grassroots activists have fled their homes to avoid arrest … Read more