Bangladesh’s interim period, under the self-proclaimed banner of “restoring democracy and stability,” has instead unleashed a climate of lawlessness, one in which even those sworn to protect the nation are not spared. Police officers, tasked with safeguarding citizens and upholding the law, now face assaults, threats, and killi...
The objective is not to prove Hasina guilty in the legal sense. It is to make her appear guilty in the public imagination, so that when history is written, her chapter can be closed not with respect but with disgrace. In that sense, the trials, testimonies, and headlines are not just about individuals; they are about rewriting the political DNA ...
In most functioning democracies, a police raid or a national “red alert” signals a response to genuine threats—terrorists on the move, extremist networks to be dismantled, civilians to be protected. In Bangladesh today, those same words have been weaponized. Under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’s unelected regime, &ldquo...
Bangladesh today burns not with justice, but with vengeance. The Anti-Corruption Commission’s cases against former Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy and WHO Regional Director Saima Wazed have laid bare the illegal Yunus regime’s tactics—where political revenge is dressed up in the disguise of law and ...
The grenade attack on August 21, 2004, at the Awami League’s anti-terrorism rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka was the most brutal political massacre in the history of independent Bangladesh. In this state-sponsored attack, 24 leaders and activists, including women leader Ivy Rahman, were martyred. Hundreds were injured. Sheikh Hasina, t...
Over the past year, Bangladesh has experienced an unprecedented deterioration in governance, law and order, and economic stability. Following the military-backed removal of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has failed to restore basic security, protect human rights, or uphold democratic norms. The coun...
Introduction For more than a decade under the Awami League government, Bangladesh’s economy was recognized as one of the fastest-growing in South Asia. From 2009 to June 2024, under Awami League’s continuous leadership, the country gained international stature as an emerging economic power. But recently, political instability, decl...
According to a report by JagoNews24:“Over 200 leaders and activists of the now-banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were unable to sit for exams in various departments of Dhaka University this term.” And this figure reflects just one institution. The situation is far worse across the country, with schools, colleges, and universiti...
Awami League has strongly criticized Muhammad Yunus, the unelected Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, for what it called a “humiliating and fruitless diplomatic tour” of the United Kingdom and Europe. The trip, which lasted five days, failed to secure any high-level diplomatic gains and sparked widespread protests among the Bangla...
A devastating crisis is unfolding across the country’s industrial zones, particularly in Chattogram and Dhaka. Key sectors like steel, garments, textiles, and ceramics face an existential threat. Over the past seven months, skyrocketing gas and electricity prices — coupled with severe supply shortages — have forced the closure...
The latest South Asia Development Update by the World Bank paints not just a worrying, but an outright alarming picture for Bangladesh. According to the report, the country’s GDP growth for the 2024–25 fiscal year is projected to fall to just 3.3%. This isn’t just a statistic—it’s a red flag signaling looming econom...