Declining influence of lawyers in law making: A look at the changing landscape of Members of Parliament

An investigative report on the profession of members of the 12th National Parliament has recently been published in Prothom Alo. The report presents a comparative picture of the ratio of businessmen and lawyers as MPs in Parliament between 1973 and 2024. Here industrialists are included in the broader sense of businessmen. The results of elections […]

Is Dr. Yunus above the law? AL General Secretary Quader raised questions

The Awami League leader described the programs of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as mysterious. Quader claimed to the media that he was getting information that though they (BNP) were showing silence in the name of distributing leaflets outside, they would suddenly turn violent through armed agitation. Apparently the second-in-command of the ruling […]