Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Well, the eyes of the world are on Bangladesh, with almost all international news bulletins containing at least one reference to the forthcoming elections.

Most people feel that at this moment, the key task for the authority is to ensure national election, referred to as landmark-polls, is held free of manipulation, violence and underhand tactics.

The elections held under the previous regime were not without controversy, and the general feeling is back to back contentious elections, without credibility, was one of the grievances fuelling the July-Aug movement.

Interestingly, during the 2009 elections, which was held in a non-contentious atmosphere, I was with bdnews24.com and vividly remember the poll time euphoria fo...