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 ...
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...
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.
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...
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...