Conservative BNP sweeps Bangladesh elections with over two-thirds majority in the parliament
The absence of Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League, banned from participating in the elections, presented a rightward shift in the country’s polity benefiting the BNP, which was out of power for almost two decades.
Bangladesh en la encrucijada: las elecciones y el futuro del octavo país más grande del mundo
La mayoría absoluta del BNP no es tanto un veredicto democrático como el resultado previsto de un proceso de ingeniería política de dos años.
Bangladesh at the crossroads: elections and the future of the world’s eighth largest country
BNP’s super-majority in Thursday’s elections is less a democratic verdict than the intended outcome of a two-year political engineering process.
Bangladesh heads to first national elections since the fall of Hasina government
Apart from the election for the National Assembly, around the Bangladeshi electorate will also vote in a referendum on proposed changes to the country’s constitution and political system
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
Vijay Prashad reflects on the last several weeks in Bangladesh of protests and convulsions, which culminated in the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh states that there is conspiracy to destabilize the country
Over 160 people, including students, were killed, and hundreds of others were injured in the last two weeks after student protests turned violent on July 15
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court scraps most of government job quota amidst widespread protests and violence
Over 140 people including students were killed in the days of clashes between the protesters demanding curtailment of quota in government jobs and security forces
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