How Bangladeshi ex-PM Sheikh Hasina used and abused intelligence agencies
Nothing could have revealed the atrocious levels to which Bangladeshi intelligence agencies had descended more than the chief adviser's visit to the "Aynaghar"—the country's…
Mahfuz Anam
Reforms vs election: A distracting debate
Free and fair elections are the only effective mechanism to make political leaders accountable. It can be said that it did not work effectively in the past. With the proposed…
We never got a chance to reform our state and politics like now. Let’s not waste it
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is now giving Bangladesh a chance to break out of all its political, governance, and institutional shackles to march forward with democracy,…
The Indian media and Bangladesh-India relations
There cannot be a stable relationship without deeper understanding.
Ending impunity for crimes against journalists
A new reality is emerging for journalists covering environmental issues. Just as climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent, journalists reporting on them are facing…
Sheikh Hasina’s misrule should not affect our judgement of Bangabandhu
In our view, Bangabandhu must be judged in two separate segments: the first is up to our independence, and the second is after his return to Bangladesh on January 10, 1972.
The indiscriminate arrests and murder charges
Our plea is, charge them for what they did: corruption, bribery, abuse of power, using the PMO press office for personal gains, pressurising the bureaucracy to do their bidding,…
Chief Adviser Yunus’s UNGA trip a critical turning point
To have a Nobel laureate as the head of government is quite in contrast to our past leaders, some of whom were military dictators or power-hungry politicians. Prof Yunus brings in…
July uprising and some thoughts of Bangladeshi-Americans
"While there were some uncertainties regarding reforms, a consensus seemed to prevail about significantly trimming the prime minister's power and fixing their tenure in office to…
Are we going to learn from our mistakes or keep repeating them?
What is said by the power and what is believed by the people may not be the same, the writer argues.