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Padma Bridge: Changing lives and landscapes in southwestern Bangladesh

Saiful, who used to be a van-puller, now sells ‘fuchka’ (street food) near the Padma Bridge. He now earns significantly more than he did previously – thanks to the boom the locality has seen in tourism since the Padma Bridge opened in June 2022. Many day labourers, like Saiful, are taking advantage of the positive change in th...

2001 BNP-Jamaat Pre-Election Sabotage: Attacks & Massacres on Awami League Supporters to Seize Power

Prior to the 2001 national elections, BNP-Jamaat initiated widespread violence, including beatings, torture, and killings, against Awami League leaders, activists, and supporters. The Awami League, led by President Sheikh Hasina, had just completed a five-year term in government and peacefully transferred power to the caretaker government to ens...

2001 Election Campaigns Marred by BNP-Jamaat Subversion: Minority Women Persecuted, Villagers Threatened with Death for Supporting Awami League

Before the 2001 national elections, the BNP-Jamaat alliance armed notorious criminals and extremists. Under the direction of Khaleda Zia, the alliance leaders made a deal with these terrorists, promising them acquittal in exchange for working on behalf of the BNP. From Hawa Bhaban in Dhaka, Tarique Rahman reassured the capital's top terrorists t...

BNP-Jamaat’s Pre-Election Violence in 2001 Marred by Brutality on Freedom Fighters, Rampant Takeovers of University Campuses

Jamaat-Shibir, in collaboration with BNP, terrorized the country in the name of anti-government protests, leading to the murder, rape, and looting of freedom fighters and Awami League activists like the brutality of 2014 with arson and petrol bomb attacks. On September 18, 2001, the Janakantha reported that Jamaat leaders Motiur Rahman Nizami a...

BNP-Jamaat Pre-Election Brutality: Targeting Awami League Candidates & Supporters through Bombings & Death Threats

One week before the election, the BNP-Jamaat alliance launched a campaign of violence against the Awami League through bombings in public. Under the direct control of Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, the alliance hired terrorists from extremist groups like the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to carry out the violence. Khaleda Zia even selected leaders from ...