Special Article

Bangladesh’s Rape Epidemic: A Government Failed Its Women and Children Amid Soaring Rape Crisis

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...

From Yunus to BNP: Money Printing and Bank Borrowing Push Bangladesh Toward a Deeper Economic Crisis

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.

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...