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Bangladesh’s February 2026 Election: Democracy Denied, Extremism & Terrorism Empowered

Bangladesh’s February 2026 election is being sold as a return to democracy, but in reality, it is built on exclusion. By banning the Awami League, the country’s largest political party with the support of nearly 60% of voters, the Yunus government has ensured that a majority of citizens will be locked out of the electoral process. An election th...

Has the law been written differently for Tarique Rahman?

Once a convicted accused, Tarique Rahman is now receiving one privilege after another, with repeated violations of the law raising deep questions in the public mind. The law that is strict and uncompromising for ordinary citizens—does it become relaxed in the case of Tarique Rahman? Or is he, in effect, above the law? From the very moment...

Deaths Behind Bars: How Custodial Killing Has Accelerated Under the Yunus Government

Custody Without Safety Deaths in jail and police custody have increased noticeably under the Yunus-led interim government, turning detention into a growing source of fear rather than protection. People are being arrested alive and returned dead, with official explanations offering little clarity and even less accountability. What was meant to b...

Bangladesh Under Siege After Osman Hadi’s Death: Extremists on the Streets, a Silent Government

A coordinated wave of attacks on media, minorities, cultural institutions, and diplomatic sites exposes the rise of organized Islamist violence and the interim government’s refusal to confront it. Osman Hadi did not die on the streets of Dhaka. He died abroad, in Singapore, far from the political theater that would later be built around h...

16 December Victory Day: Minds Without Fear, Heads Held High

Today is National Victory Day. The 54th anniversary of victory was earned through the sacrifice of enormous bloodshed. The day of the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent sovereign state to this world.