The grenade attack on August 21, 2004, at the Awami League’s anti-terrorism rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka was the most brutal political massacre in the history of independent Bangladesh. In this state-sponsored attack, 24 leaders and activists, including women leader Ivy Rahman, were martyred. Hundreds were injured. Sheikh Hasina, t...
Over the past year, Bangladesh has experienced an unprecedented deterioration in governance, law and order, and economic stability. Following the military-backed removal of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has failed to restore basic security, protect human rights, or uphold democratic norms. The coun...
Introduction For more than a decade under the Awami League government, Bangladesh’s economy was recognized as one of the fastest-growing in South Asia. From 2009 to June 2024, under Awami League’s continuous leadership, the country gained international stature as an emerging economic power. But recently, political instability, decl...
Bangladesh in 2025 is no longer a democracy, it is a nation held hostage by fear, violence, and betrayal. Under the shadow of Muhammad Yunus’s illegitimate interim regime, the promise of freedom has withered into a nightmare of persecution. Human rights are not just violated, they are dismantled. Journalists are hunted like criminals, activists ...
On 21st August 2004, state-sponsored terrorists carried out a gruesome grenade attack on a rally in front of the Awami League's central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital. Sheikh Hasina and top leaders of the Awami League narrowly escaped, but the splinters killed Ivy Rahman and 24 activists. The attack injured more than four hundred pe...
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