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August 07, 2024

After the Storm

Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved parliament on Tuesday following the resignation and exile of longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while a renowned Nobel prize winner was appointed the country’s new leader, Reuters reported. On Monday, following a fresh outbreak of violence over the weekend in which...

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August 05, 2024

Embers Ignite

Fresh protests erupted across Bangladesh over the weekend, killing at least 91 people, after thousands took to the country’s streets demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following widespread accusations of excessive force and government mismanagement, Al Jazeera reported. Violence erupted in multiple cities as...

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July 17, 2024

Quota Wars

Clashes among groups of university students broke out across Bangladesh this week, leaving five people dead and dozens injured in protests against a scheme setting quotas for government jobs that go to war veterans’ relatives – which critics say benefits the ruling party, the Associated...

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June 13, 2024

No Good Deed …

A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday indicted Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others on embezzlement charges, the latest accusations against the respected economist that many of his supporters say are politically motivated, the Associated Press reported. The prosecution accused Yunus and other defendants of embezzling around...

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January 05, 2024

The Fix Is In

The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, recently launched her ruling Awami League party’s campaign for the South Asian country’s general election on Jan. 7. Speaking at a massive rally in the eastern city of Sylhet, reported the Associated Press, Hasina blamed the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...

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August 03, 2023

Dimming Star

The foreign minister of Bangladesh recently called ambassadors from the United States, Britain, France, and 10 other Western countries together in Dhaka to complain about their condemnation of an attack on a political candidate running against the country’s ruling Awami League (AL) party’s candidate. However, it...

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July 20, 2023

A Heavy Hand

At least one person died and hundreds were injured across Bangladesh this week, after tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down ahead of elections early next year, Al Jazeera reported. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...

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February 23, 2023

The Echo Chamber

The only newspaper of Bangladesh’s main opposition party stopped publishing this week after a government suspension order was upheld by a government-affiliated body, raising concerns about the country’s press freedoms and political plurality, Agence France-Presse reported. The Dainik Dinkal had been the voice of the Bangladesh...

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October 12, 2022

In Monotone

Thousands of political activists in Bangladesh are facing charges of incitement with the opposition and human rights groups saying these are part of a widespread government crackdown against its critics, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. Bangladeshi opposition parties have been holding a series of protests across the...

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March 16, 2022

Questions as Weapons

Bangladesh will ban questions regarding the “immoral character” of rape victims after a landmark decision that follows years of campaigning by women’s rights groups against the humiliating and traumatizing interrogations of survivors, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. Officials said that the government plans to amend the Evidence...

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