Yunus’ Mobocracy: Extremists exploit Hadiโ€™s death to stir anti-India sentiment

By Aminul Hoque Polash Bangladesh is teetering on the edge of profound instability following the death…

Jamaatโ€™s hollow distancing from Shibir threats against media, cultural institutions

Jamaat-e-Islami has attempted to distance itself from inflammatory threats issued by leaders of its student wing,…

Dipu Chandra Das committed no blasphemy, concludes RAB

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has announced that there is no clear evidence that Dipu Chandra…

Mob throngs National Parliament building following mobster Hadiโ€™s funeral

Thousands of people attended the state-sponsored funeral prayer for mob leader turned Dhaka-8 candidate Sharif Osman…

Shashi Tharoor: Deeply concerned by mob rule under Yunus regime

Congress MP for Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, has condemned the burning of a Hindu youth allegedly for…

Nirupama Rao: West misread Sheikh Hasina, aided radicals in ousting her

Former Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Menon Rao has accused the West of fundamentally misreading Bangladesh’s political…

Rahmani At Shahbagh: A disgraceful display of extremist mobilisation for Osman Hadi

As Bangladesh grapples with the fallout from the death of radical Islamist mob leader and an…

Touhidi Janata continues mob attacks on cultural establishments, media outlets

On Friday evening, the central office of Udichi Shilpigoshthi, a prominent progressive cultural organisation in Bangladesh,…

Yunusโ€™ jihadist mobs rampage newspaper offices, Dhanmondi 32

Radical Islamists took to Shahbagh on Thursday night to demand justice for mob leader Sharif Osman…

Rise of religious extremism raises apprehension of dire consequences

By Ghulam Mohammed Quader In search of livelihood, the people of Bangladesh are now scattered across…

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