Under Bangladesh’s newly elected BNP government, the thin blue line is not holding; it is bleeding. In the first seven months of 2026 alone, 361 police officers have been injured in targeted assaults across the country. When the state cannot protect those sworn to enforce the law, expecting safety for ordinary citizens becomes an impossibl...
Less than a year into office, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has instituted a broad-daylight regime of extortion, land grabbing, and procurement rigging under administrative protection. When the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) took office in early 2026, many international partners and local citizens hoped for a fresh start. The country was...
Official assertions of plenty clash directly with field-level exploitation, revealing deep governance challenges in the newly elected administration. While thousands of desperate farmers block major highways across Rajshahi and Kurigram, the newly elected BNP government maintains a surreal stance: there is no fertilizer crisis. The Prime Minist...
Eight months into office, the BNP-led government has delivered not stability but a cascade of violence that has left ordinary Bangladeshis more insecure than before. Murder, rape, attacks on minorities, mob killings, and deaths in custody have become routine features of daily life. What was promised as a return to democratic norms has instead di...
Eight months into office, the BNP-led government has delivered not stability but a cascade of violence that has left ordinary Bangladeshis more insecure than before. Murder, rape, attacks on minorities, mob killings, and deaths in custody have become routine features of daily life. What was promised as a return to democratic norms has instead di...
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