Special Article

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...

Constitutional Validity of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 and the Ban on the Activities of Bangladesh Awami League

On 11 May 2025, the President promulgated the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, amending section 18 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009 by inserting the words “or may proscribe all the activities of the entity” after the phrase “may proscribe and enlist the entity in the schedule.” Immediately following the promulgati...

The Lights Are Going Out in Bangladesh:How the BNP Government and Yunus’s Interim Regime Have Engineered a National Energy Catastrophe

For over a decade, Bangladesh was heralded as an "Asian Tiger," a burgeoning economic miracle powered by a robust energy infrastructure and a vision of a "Digital Bangladesh." Today, that tiger is whimpering in the dark. As the scorching summer heat of April 2026 takes hold, the nation is gripped by a catastrophic power, fuel, and gas crisis tha...

⁨Is Bangladesh Heading Toward Bankruptcy?

Bangladesh is passing through a deep economic and social crisis, driven—according to critics—by the implementation of a pro-US agenda linked to Muhammad Yunus and Tarique Rahman. Rising prices, unemployment, fuel shortages, banking instability, and increasing living costs have turned everyday life into a constant struggle for ordinary people. Th...

17 April: Mujibnagar Day — A Defining Moment in Bangladesh’s Liberation Struggle

17 April is observed as Mujibnagar Day, marking a historic and enduring milestone in Bangladesh’s long struggle for independence. On this day in 1971, the first government of the sovereign People’s Republic of Bangladesh formally took oath at Baidyanathtala, a mango grove in what was then Meherpur subdivision of Kushtia district. At...