Special Article

Guilty by Association: How Supporting a Political Party Became a Death Sentence in Bangladesh

Political violence in Bangladesh is escalating as activists and even their families face mob attacks, fake cases, and targeted killings over political beliefs. Critics warn of growing lawlessness, human rights abuses, and the collapse of legal protections under rising political tensions.

A Man-Made Massacre: How Administrative Negligence Ignited Bangladesh’s Measles Outbreak

For decades, Bangladesh was the gold standard for immunization in the developing world. Today, that legacy is being buried in the small graves of children who died from a disease that should have been a memory. For thirty years, Bangladesh served as the textbook example of how a developing nation could conquer infectious diseases. Its Expanded ...

Bangladesh’s Rape Epidemic: A Government Failed Its Women and Children Amid Soaring Rape Crisis

In the streets, villages, and even homes of Bangladesh in 2026, women and children live in perpetual fear. No neighborhood feels safe. No hour of the day guarantees security. Almost daily, reports emerge of rape, gang rape, sexual assault, and murders following these violations. This is not a sporadic crisis; it is a national emergency that expo...

From Yunus to BNP: Money Printing and Bank Borrowing Push Bangladesh Toward a Deeper Economic Crisis

Bangladesh’s post-2024 economic crisis has deepened under successive governments, as inflation, monetary expansion, and aggressive bank borrowing strain financial stability. Policies under Muhammad Yunus and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have intensified structural weaknesses, raising concerns over long-term economic governance and growth.

Constitutional Supremacy and the Limits of Executive Law-Making in Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis of the Referendum Ordinance 2025 and the July National Charter (Constitutional Amendment) Implementation Order 2025

The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh establishes a rigid constitutional framework in which all organs of the State must operate within clearly demarcated limits. Article 7 declares the Constitution to be the supreme law of the Republic and mandates that any law inconsistent with it shall, to the extent of such inconsiste...