Each union parishad has nine general wards and three reserved seats for women, elected by their communities. These reserved seats have opened an important route into public offices.

This year’s International Day of Democracy comes with a sombre reminder that, for the past two decades, the world has been witnessing a continuous decline in democracy.

All political parties that took part in the National Consensus Commission process agreed on one important issue: no individual should serve as prime minister for more than 10 years in total, regardless of the number of terms.

July uprising created historic chance to establish democracy, says Shafiqur

With almost every new day, we, the ordinary people, are forced to see a new height of grotesque mob violence.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday paid tributes to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the establishment of democracy and extended greetings to pro-democracy people worldwide on the occasion of International Day of Democracy today.

More than half a century after its independence, Bangladesh still finds itself at the crossroads of crafting a state built on durable democratic foundations.

Most of Bangladesh's young people did not have a chance to vote in the last two elections.

Democracy and self-determination are crucial in preventing national, regional and international conflict, but are under attack from ‘fake news’, incomplete news and political correctness, says UN expert

Division of work among various institutions is an organisational imperative. However, the reality is that no institution in modern times is capable of discharging its assigned duties autonomously without the help and cooperation of a number of other institutions who have some interest in achieving common goals.

UN rights experts, speaking ahead of the International Day of Democracy, deplores the increasing erosion of democracy as a result of repressive policies in some countries but also by virtue of the increasing influence of vested interests at the expense of the public will.