Bangladesh Under Siege After Osman Hadi’s Death: Extremists on the Streets, a Silent Government

A coordinated wave of attacks on media, minorities, cultural institutions, and diplomatic sites exposes the rise of organized Islamist violence and the interim government’s refusal to confront it. Osman Hadi did not die on the streets of Dhaka. He died abroad, in Singapore, far from the political theater that would later be built around h...

Suspension or Ban? Yunus’s Words Expose Bangladesh’s Democratic Crisis

Yunus Exposes His Own Insecurities Again… Muhammad Yunus has once again exposed his own contradictions and insecurities in his recent interview with Mehdi Hasan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Trying to defend the suspension of the Awami League, Bangladesh’s largest political party, Yunus stumbled into word...