A year and a half ago, Bangladesh looked as though it was on track to defy the global pattern of democratic reversal. Mass ...

Violent protests erupt in Albania as thousands demand government resignation over alleged corruption scandal involving Deputy PM Balluku and infrastructure contracts.

The world is in the middle of an extreme backslide in democracy, with Human Rights Watch saying that about 72s% of the world now lives under autocratic governments, and that democracy has receded to ...

Tarique Rahman, the scion of a political dynasty, is set to become the prime minister. This was the first election in Bangladesh since student-led protests toppled the last government in 2024.

Dhaka - Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, said Saturday it had accepted the "overall outcome" of the ...

François Picard is pleased to welcome Legal Analyst and former US federal prosecutor Eric Lisann to offer in-depth analysis ...

On January 7, 2024, when most people around me had abstained from voting in the Awami League’s staged national election, I had swallowed self-judgement and stamped the first ballot of my life.

After mass protests in Bangladesh overthrew former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, some of the interim government’s lofty goals ...

Shafiqur Rahman, chief of Bangladesh's Islamist-led coalition, has issued a strong warning. His influential party will contest any vote rigging allegations in the country's crucial elections. Rahman ...

Writer Sarah Joseph has called for a change of government in Kerala, alleging that the LDF has undermined democracy, aligned ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won an overwhelming two-thirds majority on Friday in general elections, a result expected to bring stability after months of tumult following the ouster of ...