From alleged extortion and narcotics theft to a death in custody and the normalisation of “crossfire,” a mounting series of cases raises urgent questions about police accountability under Tarique Rahman’s government. Bangladesh’s police force is facing a credibility crisis that the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Pa...
Under the BNP government, state custody has become a death trap for political opponents, with dozens dying amid allegations of torture and medical neglect. In the wake of Bangladesh’s turbulent political transition, the promise of justice and reform has curdled into a nightmare of impunity. While the nation was told that the fall of autho...