Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Interim Government (IG) headed by Muhammad Yunus is likely to be remembered for an unprecedented adhoc governance marked by absence of a strategic approach and the creation of multiple counterproductive legal and operational risks that ran contrary to its core mandate of state reform, particularly in the area of anti-corruption, a report said on Monday. It added that the Yunus government was frequently held hostage by internal resistance and forces it consider…
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New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The rising concern in Bangladesh over the trend of using religion in politics, especially during elections, was recently voiced in an article published in one of the country’s online Bengali news portal. The article on Banglanews24 website cited a study by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), which highlighted the rise of religious politics.”The reason for this is the absence of a democratic political environment in the country for a long time, the impact of …
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Even as media analyses of the Bangladesh economy paint a grim — though bailable yet — picture, where most citizens tighten their belts amidst rising prices and low wages, some 28 per cent of candidates contesting the upcoming general elections own crores in assets and a few even own properties abroad, according to Bangladeshi media reports. Interestingly, Islamic parties were found to have fielded the highest number of candidates in terms of party affiliation, reported…