"Days played" represents the amount of days played in this pack. The longest streak represents the highest amount of days being played in a row. If the player misses a day, it decreases by one day. The current streak represents the amount of days being played in a row. However, the difficulty of the levels doesn't increase depending on the streak. The reason why is that it is because of the fact that the quality and quantity of levels vary in this pack. Mohammad Al-Masum Molla is deputy chief reporter at The Daily Star.It is a pack that is unique from other packs. Once you do that, you will know how far the current Election Commission is from having an "upright spine." If you want to know what an "upright spine" looks like, all you need to do is look into Bangabandhu's life. But he may also be remembered for having the straightest spine a human being could possibly have – a spine that displayed uncompromising fearlessness and conviction for his ideals and beliefs, which enabled him to put everything at stake to drive his dreams home. Our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be remembered forever for his political heroics. Incidents like this are what puts the current commission's "spine" under serious doubt, because in the ideal scenario, the Election Commission should be able to exercise a certain degree of authority over the law enforcement agencies to take care of anyone who may disrupt an election or stop it from being fair. In what transpired as a blatant display of disrespect, Awami League lawmaker AKM Bahauddin openly refused to abide by the EC's orders to stay out of the city before and during the polls, and the commission could do nothing to enforce its own rule. Irrespective of what the CEC might be saying, the reputation of the EC's spine took a nosedive when it failed to rein in a ruling party lawmaker during the Cumilla city polls held in June. Also, hearing such a comment, one can hardly be blamed for immediately starting to doubt the Election Commission's ability to carry out the primary task it has been assigned: shake off all fears and political intimidations and do what it needs to in order for the most popular and competent candidates to get elected in a fair manner. When your chief election officer has to say it out loud that his office has its backbone in the right shape, you know that something is not right there. With so many controversies, especially on the presence and alleged "absence" of a spine that has now reached mythical proportions, a comment about having an upright backbone by the current CEC, Kazi Habibul Awal, whose team is in charge of arranging and ensuring a free and fair parliamentary election, which is due in about a year and half from now, only dug up old memories about the past election commissions and their fabled spines. Eventually, the Aziz commission had to quit before carrying out the task they had been assigned.
It later turned out that the then chief election commissioner (CEC), Justice MA Aziz, was literally hiding in the hospital to avoid finding replacements for his two deputies with whom he clearly had a difference of opinion regarding the "should-haves" before the parliamentary election scheduled that year.
There is another instance where the head of yet another controversial Election Commission was admitted to the hospital with "spine" problems in 2006. Speaking at the rally, the BNP chief said the then Election Commission (headed by Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed) lacked an "upright spine." In 2013, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was addressing a rally in the northern divisional headquarters of Rajshahi. Interestingly, apart from a few exceptions, such as the election commissions that staged the 19 parliamentary elections – two of the least debated elections in the history of Bangladesh – this ability or intention or courage (or however you may want to describe it) to challenge the incumbent authority has almost always been missing. At the same time, the commission should also be able to challenge any questionable action by the incumbent offices. During the period of an election, regardless of who is in power, the state mechanism should ensure the space the commission needs to function independently. That is the main essence of democracy, and the Election Commission has the single most important role to play in making sure that the polls held under its supervision are all impartial. For a democratic system to function properly, all elections must be free and fair so that the people's choices are reflected in how the country is run.
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