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Bangladesh’s Garment Empire Is Collapsing - And Post-July Governments Own the Wreckage

For over four decades, Bangladesh’s Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector stood as an unassailable miracle of modern industrial growth. Commanding over 80% of the nation's export revenues, the $40 billion industry transformed the country into the world’s second-largest apparel exporter, providing direct employment to over four million work...

Breaking the Backbone: How Bangladesh’s Post-July Movement Purge is Destroying BSL Student Futures

After the August movement, campus mob rule and administrative inaction are forcing BSL students out of classrooms, exams, and their academic futures. In the aftermath of what has been romanticized as Bangladesh’s “Student Movement” on August 5, 2024, a dark reality has unfolded on the country’s campuses. The academic futures of thousands of stu...

“They may arrest me... they may even kill me. Still, I have to go”: Sheikh Hasina’s Brave Return to Bangladesh

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sudden announcement that she will return to Bangladesh from her exile in India this coming December has sent shockwaves through Dhaka’s current political establishment. In an explosive exclusive interview with Reuters, Hasina stated plainly: “They may arrest me... they may even kill me. Sti...

The Bloodstained Cells: How State Custody Became a Death Sentence

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...

⁨Death Before Trial: 37 Undertrial Detainees and 24 Convicted Prisoners Die in Custody

It is now July 2026, and Bangladesh is under the rule of the BNP-Jamaat coalition. During the first six months of the year alone, 61 people have died inside prisons, according to data from ASK (Ain o Salish Kendra). Of those, 37 were undertrial detainees. In other words, these were individuals whose guilt had not been established and who, under ...