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Why Bangladeshs best soldiers struggle as spymasters

Bangladesh, Feb. 27 -- An officer of the Bangladesh Army is rarely just one thing. In the morning he may be appointed at Trust Bank Limited, signing off on financial instruments with the prudence of a... Read More


Mountain of corruption allegations against Yunus and his cronies: The state cannot afford indifference

Bangladesh, Feb. 26 -- In the aftermath of the recent interim administration, a wave of written complaints has reportedly been submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) concerning former advis... Read More


Mass arrests and secret trials: Rights groups warn of deepening crackdown in Iran

Bangladesh, Feb. 25 -- A leading international watchdog has sounded the alarm over what it describes as a sweeping campaign of arbitrary arrests and violent repression in Iran, accusing authorities of... Read More


When the case disappears and the job appears: accountability after the Yunus regime

Bangladesh, Feb. 24 -- There is an old joke in political circles — one that is darkly funny precisely because it is so reliably true — that power is never really lost. It merely changes ad... Read More


Yunus accused of constitutional subversion and executive overreach in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Feb. 23 -- The recent interview published in Dhaka-based Bangla newspaper Kaler Kantho has placed Bangladesh at the center of an extraordinary constitutional debate. Speaking on record, Pr... Read More


Mr. Prime Minister, will you send army officers to the gallows?

Bangladesh, Feb. 22 -- While it is said, power tests a man – it reveals not only what he believes, but whom he believes in – and today, the question before Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is... Read More


At the edge of inheritance: Tarique Rahman and the burden of a fractured republic

Bangladesh, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assumes office at a moment unlike any other in Bangladeshs post-independence history. The country has known turbulence before—coups, caretake... Read More


Washington-Dhaka trade pact risks Bangladeshs sovereignty

Bangladesh, Feb. 20 -- There are moments in a nations history when a signature becomes heavier than a speech, heavier even than an election. Bangladesh may have just experienced one. The so-called &#8... Read More


Tarique Rahman at a Mandela moment

Bangladesh, Feb. 17 -- Politics in Bangladesh has rarely been a gentle craft. It has been a battlefield. Victory has meant annihilation. Defeat has meant persecution. For decades, the culture was simp... Read More


For India, engaging with BNP is necessary

Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often spoken of building “people-to-people” bridges with Bangladesh. It is a noble phrase. But diplomacy, like politics, eventually ... Read More