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Crossfire, Extortion, and Custodial Deaths: Bangladesh Police’s Crisis Under the BNP

From alleged extortion and narcotics theft to a death in custody and the normalisation of “crossfire,” a mounting series of cases raises urgent questions about police accountability under Tarique Rahman’s government. Bangladesh’s police force is facing a credibility crisis that the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Pa...

Bangladesh’s Secular Facade Crumbles: From Yunus’s Vacuum to BNP’s Islamist Drift

The Yunus-led interim government failed to turn promises of democratic renewal into lasting protection for minorities. Now, the BNP government must prove that religious identity will never matter more than equal citizenship. For decades, international observers lauded Bangladesh as a rare triumph: a Muslim-majority democracy founded on secular ...

Bangladesh’s Minorities Are Not Safe: A Pattern of Violence the BNP Government Cannot Deny

Forty-four reported deaths in six months, attacks on temples and homes, hundreds of alleged violations, and the killing of four members of a Hindu family in Rangpur have intensified fears among Bangladesh’s minorities. For Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s new government, promises of equality must now be measured against what happens t...

When the Awami League ‘Tag’ Becomes a Licence for Land Grabs and Mob Rule

Bangladesh’s recent wave of alleged land grabs, political intimidation, and police inaction raises a question the BNP government cannot evade: who protects citizens when political connections appear to matter more than the law?  A chillingly predictable playbook has taken hold across Bangladesh: brand any target an "Awami League oper...

A glimpse at the illustrious political career of People’s Leader Sheikh Hasina

On her birthday, Bangladesh deserves more than political noise and partisan rhetoric. It deserves an honest reckoning with what was built, what has been lost, and what kind of leadership is required to move the country forward. On 28 September, Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina turns 79. Her life story is extraordinary. She survived the assassinati...