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Is Bangladesh Safe for Anyone?

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...

Bangladesh Gripped by Fear: The Human Rights Collapse Under the Newly Elected BNP Government

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...

⁨Is Bangladesh at Risk from the Mecca Pact? : Behind the Promise of Friendship, Is Bangladesh Being Drawn into a New Military Bloc?

The Mecca Pact and the Price of Choosing a Side Bangladesh has spent decades trying to do something that is increasingly difficult in a divided world: maintain good relations with everyone without becoming strategically dependent on anyone. Its relationships with India and China are central to its security and economy. The United States and Eu...

Humanitarian Crises in Bangladesh After August 2024

Since August 2024, political instability, economic pressures, declining employment in the industrial sector, public health risks, rising poverty and climate-related disasters have compounded one another in Bangladesh. According to information from various sources, the humanitarian impact during this period has reached significant levels acros...

All You Need to Know About the 21st August Grenade Attack Case

On 21 August 2004, several military grade grenades were hurled at an Awami League rally in Bangabandhu Avenue, Dhaka. Twenty-four leaders and activists of the Awami League and its associate bodies were killed and over 300 others suffered splinter injuries in the August 21 attack. Among the dead were Ivy Rahman, then Mohila Awami League Chief and...