When Bangladesh underwent political transition on 5 August 2024, journalists were on the streets documenting protests, clashes and uncertainty. Months later, many found themselves not just reporting the news - but becoming part of it. Since that date, a sharp rise in criminal cases, arrests, intimidation and physical attacks against journalis...
Under the Awami League, Bangladesh experienced strong GDP growth of 6–7%, rising exports, expanding infrastructure, and declining poverty. Although public borrowing increased, rapid economic growth helped sustain it and masked structural weaknesses such as low tax collection and banking fragility. Today, growth has slowed and fiscal pressure ...
What has been presented as a referendum is being described by critics as a paper exercise designed to manufacture legitimacy under the patronage of the “illegal” Yunus government. They argue that no matter how figures are arranged, falsehood remains false. An analysis of the Election Commission’s declared results, they claim, reveals numbers in ...
By all official accounts, Bangladesh’s national election on 12 February 2026 was historic yet controversial, held in ‘forced silence’ but described as ‘peaceful’ and festive. It was the first vote since the interim government took power eighteen months ago. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured a commanding majority in the Jatiya Sangsa...
As Bangladesh heads to the February 12, 2026 election under Muhammad Yunus’s interim government, concerns grow over transparency, administrative neutrality, violence, postal voting risks, and whether the vote will truly reflect the people’s will.
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